BigandSmall

Thanks for all that guys. I didn't sand my ends with the intention of using float tanks. I'll have to think about it.

Gamma, the masking is for the fillet joint. I find it helps keep the mess to a minimum but more importantly it acts as a guide to get a...

I'm sure an icing bag works better but for anyone else reading that doesn't have one laying around I've had good luck doing the same...

Looks great. I'm curious about what you taped off in the first pic and why.

Got the fillet joints done and the seal coat completed. I used my wife's icing bags and the disposable wooden spoon again for the...

I know of a sure fire way to find out! Alan

Yup. Early on, a guy climbed into a Wee Lassee I built. Heard the crack also. I double layer the bottoms of all my strippers. To me ...

Seems almost like overkill to me. Honestly, as stated above, I think you'll be fine but you have to be comfortable with the layup or...

It's hard to get away from the idea that the wood isn't actually providing measurable strength to the boat, that all comes from the 2...

If after you get the hull in water, and you have a lot of oil canning, you can always add that 1/2 layer. For a solo, I prefer a...

I wouldn't sweat it. I built a super light hull where a glue joint cracked down the center when I set it on the floor and the very...

So I was finishing up the last of the inside sanding yesterday. I was moving the boat around and heard a loud crack as some glue let go...

The knowledge and experience of kayakers is not excluded here. Many of us were or still are kayakers and surf skiers. Kayakers can...

I actually had better luck with the camera-shy white bird after that (I’m told they’re Egrets). I briefly wondered if a second picture...

As mentioned previously in my Allegheny Islands report, 2025 has been unusually dry in Western PA and, by mid-October, we were in...