Boatman53

Over the past two days I got all three big panels sewn together. I found some thin webbing and decided to use those instead of the...

Paddle partners. I'd rather go solo but my wife insists I bring others along for safety. Small price to pay, I suppose. ;)

Removal of the caning in the seat was a CHORE that I underestimated. A dear friend of mine has learned to cane recently with a group of...

I've just begun to rebuild a Bell Wildfire/Yellowstone RX that I was gifted last summer, from @saltandsky. He was kind enough to offer...

In your tent was my #1 as well.

I have a 1988 Kevlar Malecite- same color- which I bought and rescued a couple of years ago. It had worse spider cracks than yours at...

It was an old canoe and had crazing (not as bad as yours) more spider cracks at stress points. I patched them and then painted the hull...

My Malecite had no thwarts too. But I added a portage thwart. Jim

Progress report, prior to priming and painting: Outwale blanks were milled to the correct rabbet to fit the planking and canvas...

First time paddling my Swifty P14. Took her to a lake as I didn’t know how my shoulder would respond, and a 3 hour river run seems...

Snapper's mention of hiking reminded me of a mesmerizing scene on Mt. Osceola, NH, a 4300' peak in the Whites. It was 2013 and we'd...

The first two pictures below show how the mast seat and step looked on one old factory style configuration in an ABS canoe. The last...

You are right sweetfancymoses. Since yesterday was rain all day I did get some more sewing done. I laid out the finished awning along...

" I occasionally challenge myself in an activity for the joy of overcoming and succeeding." Absolutely.. your comment characterizes...

Anytime Dave. The first set will be in the back yard just before a rain storm so I can test it out. I still have a ways to go but in...