Roger,
To bad about your weather. You can have some of the 90 degree heat we've  
got. We haven't had any significant rain in over two weeks. 
The Old Town canoes we had were the wooden framed jobs with a painted  canvas 
over the frame. Considered heavy to the Grumman aluminum canoes,  tippy, but 
very, very fast. I always took the speed over the stability of  the aluminum. 
Portaging a mile or so it didn't seem to make much difference with  the yolk. 
We had three people to a canoe and two packs. One with the large old  canvas 
tents and our sleeping bags and personal stuff and the other with  the cook 
utensils and food. I always took the canoe over the cook pack.
We changed out the main sail on Rum Runner this morning. Two hours from  
start to finish. My hat is off to GB for making the sails replaceable (went from  
Lee to Doyle) without changing so much as a screw hole. Good job Stan. Anyone  
know what the extra fiberglass rod is for?
The wind didn't cooperate today, so I haven't had a chance to sail it yet.  I 
will let you know how it goes when the wind blows.
Rummy