Borrowing from an act put on by a young, experienced, Optimist Pram racer:

1. Anchor at least one boat length from the shore.
2. Wade ashore and spread a section of thick carpeting.
3. Gently pull the boat onto the carpet while
prating about the advantages of a clean, shiny bottom.

Gary had most of the other contestant beaten (psychologically) before the
starting gun.

Roger

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"okey dokey" wrote:
The first one is this, the boat right now has a beautiful paint job,
and you always see canoes scratched up on the bottom from beaching,
and river beachings on stones and such. Is there anything that I
could put on the bottom that could protect my hull better from
scratches and dings than what is just on there now? Any kind of
special antiscratch paint, or anything i could buy to cover the bottom
from dings and scratches? If so, where do i get this stuff from (Im
in Kitchener Ontario one hour west of Toronto)?

Any old carpet store sells scraps.