Recent content by bernjo

Thanks to Bob, I have now been baptized in the Nakoma faith.

Here is a link to an article about the design of the 8 person canoe for the Yukon River Quest referenced by yknpdlr above: https://www.duckworksmagazine.com/07/designs/voyager/index.htm

Awesome video! Thank you for posting. I'm looking forward to more.

Finally getting back to my canoe project after almost two years without much progress. I've been working on the bouyancy tanks and am just about ready to glue them in. I've noticed canoe manufactures include some means for pressure to be released from the tanks. Does anyone here have a method...

The last time I went to Canoecopia about three years ago there was a presentation about a group who built a pair of tripping canoes and used Catalpa for the strips. I've been keeping my eyes open for some ever since to maybe use for an accent strip. Where did you find it? I believe their...

Hi Alan, I take it that Sadie is an integral part of the balance of your design, and therefore could not also try out Jim's canoe with you. I don't know if you have tried poling much, but I would be very interested to know how the Barrens performs as a poling platform. I have successfully...

Thanks for the advice everyone. I did not make a lot of progress last weekend - I only had one day to work on it and it was spent filling and sanding the inside before fiber glassing. Hopefully I will be able to fiberglass the inside this coming weekend. What is the consensus on fill coats on...

More progress. Took a week off to take a vacation with the family for spring break. I'm just about done sanding the inside. Thanks for the tips regarding the interface pad on the ROS and also the pool noodle sanding block. One question: when doing the "final" sanding on the outside of the...

More pictures from fiberglassing this weekend. Another question: can anyone recommend a non-shedding chip brush?

Filling the weave question: I glassed the hull this weekend and put the second fill coat on this morning. Should I continue to apply fill coats until the weave is completely gone? Or should I let the epoxy cure and sand some before putting on additional coats? Thanks for any advice, Bernard

No Title Here is the progress as of yesterday. I think that I filled staple holes and cracks too soon. When I did the finish sanding I opened quite a few back up and need to go back and refill. I tried several fillers and ended up liking Elmers Ultra thickened with wood flour the best. The...

Hi Sven, I'm almost to this point with my build and plan to glass next weekend. Just curious if you wetted out both layers (partial and full) of the glass at the same time? Did this cause the resin starvation on the bottom that you mentioned? Thanks, Bernard

Does anyone have any experience or opinions about the UV inhibitor epoxy? Any reason not to use it? I plan to varnish for UV protection, so this would be an example wearing a belt and suspenders

More progress...Stripping complete And staples pulled . Hoping to take it outside to so some sanding this weekend with the nice weather that we have forecast. I probably better check what fiberglass I have on hand and order some epoxy

Or even worse, turn into bookshelves. The Wisconsin Canoe Museum is offering a class in wood canvas canoe building that I'm tempted by: http://www.wisconsincanoeheritagemuseum.org Unfortunately my vacation time is pretty much all planned. Maybe next year. Bernard