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I keep my canoe on my car all through summer and fall. It's burgundy red so the paint protects the epoxy from most of the UV. It does not protect the canoe against heating up in the sun which, with epoxy, is not very good either. I have bought thin silvery fabric and will try and sew a cover for...

When the first spork from LightMyFire came out years ago I really liked them. They are light weight and versatile and have a good shape.. and then they break, most of the time in the middle. This usually happens after they have gotten hot a few times, like if you wash them in the dishwasher or...

Boiled Linseed Oil can be great. It's just that it is very time consuming and tedious to finish with it. Also, some types of woods seem to work a lot better with it than others. I have used it quite a bit for walnut gun stocks and other carpentry projects. Never tried it with ash but I've heard...

I think that was the case for the earlier editions of the book but it has since been changed. The picture is from my Canoecraft where I underlined that passage an wrote Incorrect. Here is a quote from the Bear Mountain Boats FAQ: "I want to double-check – do the offset measurements for the...

Another vote for Gorilla Wood Glue. It dries hard and sands well. I could even break off the dried beads of glue on the inside hull with a paint scraper. Seems to have a quick and good "tack" too.

If you have a very light canoe I can see how you wouldn't need the carrying yoke. But isn't this system the same for all their boats with removable yokes, tandems as well? Maybe it works, it's just not impressive design from Swift.

Is this true? That sounds so stupid! I mean, you will need your yoke when carrying the canoe to the car. I wouldn't want to put my canoe down on the road or parking lot surface to remove the yoke before lifting it up again to put it on the roof rack. Or, once the canoe is on the roof, removing...

Fromage Fromage portage

I've never felt like freestyle canoeing was my thing but in this setting I think it makes total sense and this is something I actually try to emulate on occasion.

I've made a few surfboards that has similar color swirls as you have on your canoe. I've always had the best result using only yellow and red. Here's a picture of a board I shaped a few years ago. This has five colors on it; white, seafoam green, teal, dioxine violett and red. It's a bit...

That is very impressive Gamma! I love it! You should name it "Furthur"

What is in this file? Looks suspicious.

I'm doing some sketching. Did you measure the beam at sheer or at widest point on the forms?

It's not so bad to simply boil the fish in a kettle! I know it sounds a bit boring but it can be really tasty, it's quick and simple and you sort of get two meals in one. Clean the fish and remove the head and tail fin. Cut the fish in 3" pieces. Bring water to a simmer with a pinch of salt and...

Hi Mem. This sounds exciting with all that tweaking. I was just thinking that maybe it would be better to just scale the forms but only in the width dimension to make the canoe as narrow as you want it but avoiding the flat or no-curvature section you get in the middle from the method you...