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I would worry that the thickening agent might cloud the epoxy, so I guess this would have to be consideration for impact on the final...

In the last build, I used a seal coat and actually took several weights and determined that the seal coat resulted in a ~1 pound...

Dave, I used 3/8" cherry gunnels on my Freedom 17, which is arguably the same class of boat you are building and those are more than...

Dave, I posted this link from Laughing Loon in my last build. Rob Mack is giving what amounts to a treatise on epoxy use and...

I didn't check it as thoroughly as I should have Glen, Nick doesn't list the value anywhere and Google initially gave me the 14.5", then...

The amidships depth of this model is 14.5" and I figured shaving some off of that wouldn't be too impactful overall. I totally agree...

Over the last few canoes I have been building weight models for my canoes, to determine if my weight goals were attainable and what my...

It's beer o'clock

Dave, this is a first build, don't make it complicated by trying to overthink the whole process. There is a tendency , on the first...

You won't regret building your own canoe, it is a vastly illuminating, terrifying, exhilarating and satisfying endeavor ... try to enjoy...

definitely looking forward to pushing it some of the upcoming trip in August

Here are a few pics of my latest build. The Bruce Kunz designed 38 Spl. With a Bobbed tail. I Bobbed the tail, to eliminate an...

As requested, first impressions ... sorry to leave you out there Birch. I did a brief wetting 2 weeks ago. Loaded and ready to go ...

So cool, first time I have seen one of my pics reposted, lol. You don't list your locale, so not really helpful in telling you where to...

You didn't enter your location in your profile, Noahs and East system may put you in my general area. That really looks like the epoxy...