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The Jordan River runs through the Raquette Boreal Complex in the Adirondack park, and is a place that I had been interested in exploring...

Coast Guard regulations require a vessel less than 7 meters long and moving at less than 7 knots (almost all of our canoes) to display a...

A quick update on the leeboard.. Today, with a mix of nervousness and a lot of sweat, I drilled the holes in the support boards and in...

Very sharp looking. I would use just the main on the maiden voyage, one less line to have to manage. Looking forward to hearing about...

just have a look . .

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

I'm talking about the thwart; with that great big hole for the mast it looks like less than half of the original width is left, which...

don't waste the "bad stuff", you can always cut it into strips and laminate it together to get decent widths, you could even get fancy...

Great first effort. I like that blade shape. Gamma is correct, Sassafras makes a very nice paddle. Mine is the lighter wood in these...

That'll do just fine.

100% natural canoe. All wood parts hand carved. Original, one of a kind design combines Kalaallit Kayaks, Mi'kmaq Canoes, and Vietnamese...

Practical use will show whether everything works out the way I imagined it would. 🙏

You could add diagonal lines to loops bonded to the hull, the mast step is the weakest link in the whole system. In my big boat work...

The mast base looks good, however, I would be concerned that there's enough material for adequate strength around the hole in the thwart.