Alan Gage

Kilted Psycho (Men's solo) has been holding a solid pace, but River Hawk Boat Shop (Voyageur) has been slowly reeling him in all afternoon.

It was a "first" for a motley crew of open canoeists from Florida (Marc, Molly and Rascal), Pennsylvania (Bruce, Tim and Maureen)...

Took on 1/4 cup of water in first 10min, no more thereafter for next hour. About to be expected, better (less leak plus quicker...

Those pics don't look that bad. It does look a little funny though, not like what I expect to see with cloth that just needs some more...

Leeboard ... . . . . . . . It’s just a shame that I mixed up the front edge and the back edge when I was thinning it...

Here is page 1 of the Tamboura pages: https://woodpostband.com/tamboura-pg1 New rule: Site gets 1% of all sales over $14,000 USD.

I can't tell from the picture what is going on for sure. It's a vey small photo. It looks like the white fibers might still be visible...

One year and two weeks, or 54 trips, later... Not the perfect wetfooter, but about all I hit are shoals. And one big rock that went...

Mast Stand - done. . . . . . . . . .

Perhaps not elegant but simple and quick:. Our local hardware store has similar. This one is from Amazon

The hull was not built with epoxy but epoxy will stick to other resins and is generally easier to work with so that's what most of us...

Working at the Chicagoland Canoe Base in Chicago back in the day (early '70s for me), sitka spruce was used for the birch bark replica...

No... but I tend to pre-soak for a long time-even a week or ten days- then steam in a plastic bag/tube. Full disclosure, none of the...

I just bought some rift sawn 16' Sitka Spruce stock for gunnels. True 2'x6'x16'. It will yield 12 pieces, or enough for 3 canoes if I...

Cost to repair depends on if you want to do it yourself or pay someone else to do it. It will also depend on how good you want the...