I have spent more weekends than I would like to admit sideways in a canoe. After one particularly embarrassing dunking on a fishing trip, I started digging into canoe outrigger kits the way I dig into a new paddle or PFD. Six months and eight systems later, our team compared them on a 14 ft […]

Last summer, I watched a friend crack the bow of his 17-foot Old Town on a hidden rock in the Boundary Waters, 14 miles from the nearest road. He reached into his dry bag, pulled out a small repair kit, and had the crack sealed in under 20 minutes. That moment sent me down a […]