Recent content by sailsman63

Wisconsin and Minnesota. How are we classifying SOTs? Commercially, they're usually called "kayak", but I don't think that's actually accurate. If we count it, (It's what the livery had...) Canyon Lake, AZ. Wouldn't have minded getting further up the river there, but we were on a clock with the...

C'mon! you can't just leave it like that... (Honestly, I suspect the forum or the copy/paste ate most of your post)

I've got my good camera running again, and made some progress on things. Some basic shaping of the stem glueups: Also beveled the keel pieces, and immediately had to repair one: (Yeah, I miss-calculated when I marked one end for the bevels, and cut it short. Oh, well. Another scarf. Stem...

I've found that some adhesives respond best to ethanol. Denatured alcohol or gel hand sanitizer. Don't waste your good hooch on this.

I've only done a shouldered tumblehome once, but mine had a concave curve. Glass adhered to the outside just fine. It was the inside that got finicky. Keep in mind: The exterior glass fibers are a major part of your structural strength. If you break them, you have a much weaker hull - or will...

I've also seen birds build nest right on top of the spikes. How much modification is possible with the carport? Permanent structure, or one of those prefab things? Classically, people would paint their porch ceilings a light sky blue to deter nesting. The theory is that it triggers the birds'...

Because the browser needs to fetch the post/editor window/whatever else you requested. Even hitting the like button will trigger a data transfer as the "likes" status is updated. That particular message is firefox's way of saying "Loading, please hang on a moment."

I don't doubt others will be along with more info and advice particularly for adhesion to Royalex, but on this specific question: Yes. This is how some entire hulls (cedar strip) work. I doubt a single layer inside and out will be anywhere as tough as the original Royalex, but for basic...

So I went and had a crazy three weeks. I've gotten some work done, but didn't have the bandwidth to post as I went. First thing that I actually completed is lining off for the actual planks. This took a couple of false starts, but this is the one that I'm going with: The biggest shift from...

Daww... But terminology is so fun! And it helps us communicate clearly! 🤓 (I am being slightly tongue-in-cheek here) Seriously, I had to look up "chine" for my own curiosity. While it is related to/derived from words that mean "backbone" or "spine", in boat-building and boat-describing...

I don't really have a current workout routine, which this thread has reminded me to consider. I've never really targeted paddling specifically. I figured that a decently well-rounded overall fitness would serve me better than specializing. That may also need a re-think. I really hard agree on...

Those look nice! I've done cedar/oak laminate beams before (seat rails and sliding mounts) and was (continue to be) well satisfied with their performance. Mine didn't turn out looking that good, but I didn't put in the effort, either.

Now those are fun! Not my style for a canoe, but I can see using that technique for other projects. I especially like how the pattern kind of flows through the roundover.

Looks like a nice paddle. I'm a little jelly. Some of the backwaters off of the Lower Wisconsin look kind of like that (W/different tree species) when the spring run is up. Right now, all my local water is kinda hard.

I haven't abandoned the build, just not a lot exciting to show. (Also still have my camera out of commission.) I've been playing with spiling the lines for the laps: The stem forms have that little lift block to give me something to link off to at the correct half-beam, as well as a point to...