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Reminds me of a guy I worked with, he used to drive around with a kayak stuck down into the passenger seat of his Triumph TR-8. But to...

No offense but my 20+ years as a lead engineer calculating aerodynamic loads for Boeing suggests that you don't have a clue. So, here's...

Right now our beaver problem is with them blocking the bridge we paddle under to get into the next lake. As soon as the park rangers...

Just call it “Mason Style.” There would be many benefits in naming it after Bill Mason, including bringing clarity about various...

I had a hitchhiker on today's paddle.

Sideways motion also shifts the pivot point. In aerodynamics we'd say the center of pressure shifts aft with increasing "angle of...

Kind of like how everybody calls a bison a "buffalo".

Finally got back out on the water for the first time since tearing my rotator cuff last summer, and only the second paddle in the boat...

As with all of my projects, things happen slowly. Last summer I filled the cracks with epoxy while I was working on my old fiberglass...

They sure make refinishing the gunwales easier, as you can stand up under the boat and the oil doesn't run down the hull. Got a good...

Re-oiling the woodwork so I can bring it down to the lake this weekend.

Another option is Clickbond fasteners, a high strength adhesive pad with a threaded stud or other fastener, used in aerospace...

Inwales. The gunwale assembly is a sacrificial wear part, the hull isn't.

Regarding the Amazon link in the first post, the battery may be fine, but a solar cell that size will take about a month to gather...

It's not the raising itself; it's the strength of the roof in the up position when it's only supported by the ends. But it's not an...