An indispensable guide for the beginning and skilled canoeist alike. The Author, a Master Maine Guide, has led canoe trips down northern Maine's swiftest and most challenging rivers for more than 25 years. In this book, he offers the benefit of this experience. Gilpatrick takes the reader through each step of planning and packing for a river trip. He gives advice on canoeing and guiding that empahsizes safety and enjoyment.
The book is fully illustrated with drawings and photographs. It features a special chapter on custom gear which includes designs for food packs, kitchen packs and a pack frame.
Gil's clear writing and fresh approach makes this book a classic among
guides to the outdoors. Publisher: DeLorme. Quality paperback, 155
pages. $10.95 Order
"Watching the materials grow into a beautiful, sleek, yet extremely functional form - this is the most exciting part of building a canoe," says Gil Gilpatrick. Gil has helped adult and high school students build hundreds of canoes. In this book he offers precise instructions on design, construction and repair based on years of experience.
The book contains complete half-size patterns, close-up photographs,
schematic diagrams and explicit, easy-to-read instructions on how to build your
own canoe. Updated and revised with the latest epoxy techonolgy. Publisher:
Delorme. Quality paperback, 128 pages, with plans. $11.95
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The only highly detailed map of this legendary wilderness area on a single
sheet. From recent aerial photography we have plotted the area's logging road
network and located all campsites within the waterway system. Contour lines and
shaded relief indicate land formation. The guide text, written by Gil
Gilpatrick, on the back of the map provides detailed descriptions of the region
and waterways. Publisher: Delorme. Printed on wet-strength map paper,
Comes folded. $4.95 Order