Growing pumpkin watercraft is a science, Kristensen explained. For a long distance paddle, on a river like the Columbia, with boat traffic, wind, and waves, you want a larger gourd, to give ...

Gary Kristensen set out to break a long-awaited Guinness World Record on October 12. Not only did Kristensen complete the longest paddling journey in a pumpkin boat, but he also grew his own 1,224 ...

Peter Frank has paddled from Michigan's Upper Peninsula in June to the Chesapeake Bay in Maryland this month in his 1982 Sawyer Loon decked canoe, but he’s still got a long way to go.