Quebec canoe manufacturer Esquif debuts T-Formex, a moldable ABS material poised to be a lighter and more resistant alternative to defunct Royalex, RIP. Last summer, when plastics multinational ...

Lynn McAdams remembers his first crisis in canoe-making, back when he sold the boats on the banks of the Clark Fork River in Missoula. “I got rid of everything I had when the first oil embargo came on ...

PolyOne Corp. is stopping production of Royalex sheet — the king of custom plastics for many canoe enthusiasts — leaving almost all hull thermoformers and many paddlers up the proverbial creek without ...

Manufacturers suggest that you loosen the gunwales at the ends of your wood-trimmed Royalex canoe before you store it for the winter. This is supposed to prevent the Royalex from cold-cracking when ...

ROGERS, Ark.-When the supply of Royalex dried up years ago, Arkansas-based canoe makers who rely on the material found themselves up a creek without a paddle. But these days, with the help of Canadian ...

MISSOULA – Lynn McAdams remembers his first crisis in canoe-making, back when he sold the boats on the banks of the Clark Fork River. “I got rid of everything I had when the first oil embargo came on, ...