Category Archives: Tips

Handy ideas, hacks and tips that I have tried and found useful in the backcountry.

Canoe Trip Meal Planning

Before packing up to head out into the woods, and stopping at the grocery store on the way there lets create a plan. Here are some guidelines that will be helpful when making a meal plan for a multi-day backpacking or canoe trip. Also, you will find some practical tried and true camp meal ideas that are straightforward and well balanced for whatever your adventure may be.

In this post I’ll share an example canoe trip meal plan as well as a few tips on the process of planning and preparing food for a multi day trip. So let’s get to the point.

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Royalex: A history and Viable Alternatives

Royalex is no longer an option.

For an avid whitewater canoeist, a durable boat is an important factor when running rapids. Not only is durability important, but also the boat must be made out of a flexible and buoyant material. Royalex is a material that provided all of these benefits, at a reasonable cost to canoe manufacturers. After an acquisition of PolyOne Corp. in 2013, the production of Royalex and the sheets that were once manufactured by PolyOne came to a complete stop in 2014. [5] For over 35 years, Royalex had formed a reputation for the most durable canoe building raw materials that does not sacrifice weight. [11] In 2014 after the closing of Royalex manufacturing, there became a clear market opportunity for a material that was as light as Royalex while maintaining high durability similar to polyethylene and aluminium based boats. Continue reading Royalex: A history and Viable Alternatives