Dana's latest activity

Paddling with my granddaughter and daughter (granddaughter's aunt, Mom stayed at the cabin).

It's interesting how things fit together. As I mentioned in another thread last spring, although I've been paddling off and on for...

Some finish sanding the other day, then I applied the teak oil It brought out the shimmer of the mica filled epoxy as I had hoped...

Lake Kanawauke, Harriman S.P., NY-- first lake (Little Long Pond). I needed an excuse to try my newly made paddle: Campers from the...

Beer, huh?

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...

Best season I've seen for blueberries in... well, ever. Unfortunately I had nothing to put them in except for my mouth. :)

Seems it would be uncomfortable if you shift your weight to the side so your butt cheek is resting on the short bar, as in Canadian...

After last week making sure Tamboura held water at a lake who's banks I could hike back to my car from if she didn't, today I took her...

Can't say it was the beaver dam, we got a lot of rain in a short time, but... Normally that dock is a foot or more above the water...

It does the same thing that the keel or centerboard on a conventional sailboat does, keep the boat from sliding sideways when the wind...

The Jordan River runs through the Raquette Boreal Complex in the Adirondack park, and is a place that I had been interested in exploring...

I haven't built a strip canoe or worked with cedar, but for years one of my go-to tools for wood shaping has been the Stanley Surform...

Took on 1/4 cup of water in first 10min, no more thereafter for next hour. About to be expected, better (less leak plus quicker...

Is that a portage yoke or just a decorative thwart? Because if it's a yoke it's nowhere near the balance point.