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Comparing the pros and cons of kayak materials: Composites: fiberglass kevlar carbon/graphite Pros: Durable, easy to repair, stiff, better in challenging conditions, lightweight. Good for sea kayaking. Cons: Expensive Roto-molded plastics: polyethylene Pros:Low cost, higher surface tension, durable. Good for recreational kayaking. Cons: Heavy and susceptible to sun damage
By Mike Lynch
The nonprofit Northern Forest Canoe Trail recently signed a letter of intent to purchase the race from Brian McDonnell, who owns and operates the race with his wife, Grace.
The purchase preserves an undeveloped patch along the Northern Forest Canoe Trail, which traverses 740 miles of rivers, lakes, ponds and portages from Old Forge to Fort Kent, Maine.
By Mike Lynch
Paddler and former Adirondack Explorer Editor Phil Brown had until Oct. 28 to file paperwork (called “perfecting the appeal”) and the state had until Nov.1.
By Phil Brown
The advocacy group AdkAction and two local paddlers, Tyler Merriam and Scott McKim, have asked the state for $404,000 in Downtown Revitalization Initiative funds.
Adirondack paddlers have had much to celebrate in recent years as the state’s acquisition of former Finch, Pruyn lands has opened up spectacular waterways to the public, including Boreas Ponds and the Essex Chain Lakes. But another land deal two decades ago did as much, perhaps more, for canoeists and kayakers.
Adirondack Mountain Club has released a new edition of its guidebook Adirondack Paddling: 65 Great Flatwater Adventures. The book describes paddling day trips throughout the Adirondack Park, including on state lands acquired since the first edition was published in 2012.
For 100 years, a day trip on the Cedar was impractical without permission from the hunting and fishing club that controlled the take-out point. Then, in 2013, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced that new lands added to the Adirondack Forest Preserve would make the Cedar River and its confluence with the Hudson River available.
Attorneys for New York’s Department of Environmental Conservation and former Adirondack Explorer Editor Phil Brown have filed notices of appeal of a judge’s ruling that uninvited paddlers have no right to canoe the 1.8-mile Mud Pond Waterway in privately owned Brandreth Park in the northwestern Adirondacks.
In December, State Supreme Court Justice Richard Aulisi, after hearing three weeks of trial testimony, reversed his own initial ruling in the lawsuit brought by the landowners who want strangers kept off their lands and waters.