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Well she’s pretty much done. Still need to add loops to the lining holes, and add portage pads. Waiting game for ice out now.

I cut the extra from the chine today. I decided to do it before doing much more stripping so that, if I made huge, gaping holes in...

Inside varnish is done. My first boat I used Epifanes. This time around I went with Total Boat Gleam. Epifanes is great, but with the...

A couple of finishing touches. The carrying yoke. Simple but effective. The wood strips and rubber on the bottom are guide...

Man, wish I was still in school and living in your district. Those kids are going to have some wonderful memories of all their hard...

An old thread, but time to update. The Pal solo was fiberglassed and sanded on the outside, and we popped it off the form the other...

The new end caps arrived but unfortunately didn't work out. I'm going to have to make something there. I had a good day in the shop...

Measure twice, cut once. I put a level across the top and measured everything out height wise for the seat. After calculating it out...

Got one of the inner gunnels glued on tonight. Was going to do both inners, but not enough clamps.

Should not be a problem at all with a well made scarf. Try not to have a joint where a hole for a seat or thwart would compromise it. Jim

I routinely scarf short pieces fro gunwales, it's never been a problem. My students are working on a 20 footer right now, we've got a...

Building the gunwales. Have some nice tight grained Douglas Fir, problem is the boards are only 6’8” long. Anybody ever try multiple...