Recent content by Cruiser

You won't regret building your own canoe, it is a vastly illuminating, terrifying, exhilarating and satisfying endeavor ... try to enjoy every step. Building lighter has sort of become "my thing" in the last few builds. IMO a lighter boat is not one decision, it is every decision you make, at...

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

As requested, first impressions ... sorry to leave you out there Birch. I did a brief wetting 2 weeks ago. Loaded and ready to go ... wife decided to take the second solo, so it is now an outing Unloaded and waiting at the shore and in the water, it is very well balanced One of...

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 get them, unless it is reasonably local to you .... if you search "Sea-Lect Footbrace Stud Mount Kit" you will get a lot of places including Amazon. Brian

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 is squeezing up through the weave, maybe your sqeegeeing was a bit too aggressive or not aggressive enough. I think I might consider using my flat carbide...

A few thoughts on planing the mating "edges" after stripping. The width of the strips is going to definitely affect how much of a point (and material) you have at the strip joints and the amount of wood to remove will impact the tools which will do the "best" job for "you". To knock the edge...

Both nylon and polyester have good UV tolerance, so that isn't going to be an issue. However, for seats the nylon will have stretch and then stretch more if it gets wet. Stretch is the primary difference between the two, so comfort will be the only main issue between the two IMO. If it...

If you set aside all other build considerations and just narrow it to this question, then personal preference comes to the front of the line (as SG suggests). The advice I usually give is to find a staple built strip boat (or possibly pictures supplied by Allan TYVM) and see how the staple...

and that sums up dedication, talent and experience

mmm .... that weight moves it from potential feet/canoe/kayak category to a vehicle only option. Once at the vehicle category, I think there are better options

You can fill in the rotted areas with something like "JB Weld 8257CAN KwikWood Wood Repair ", it is an epoxy product, so it will require UV protection on top. Just dig out all the rot and fill/shape. The rest of the gunnels can just be sanded back, followed by a few coats of a good marine...

Another category to look at is cycling gloves, different sport, largely same purpose .... that is my goto category when I buy paddling gloves Brian

Thanks for the kind words Dave Brian

Thanks SG ... the whole idea of being able to let the epoxy set , no sanding and still get a chemical bond is not something that is widely circulated. Probably the single most important thing I learned on this build. Brian

I couldn't find much on the recoat times for Raka, what I did find suggested 24 hours as a max ... not that it matters much, having a recoat window longer than an hour is a big advantage. Where did the 72 hour window info come from ... this potentially is another epoxy for me to purchase. Brian