Recent content by dogbrain

Beautiful canoe! This is the only wood/canvas boat I want to own. Maybe someday........

There are a lot of variables. Mostly, how much power do you need? and what weight penalty (if there even is one) are you willing to trade for the inconvenience of dealing with solar. I would calculate how many hours of reading I would realistically do on a trip, then make a ballpark estimate of...

I would buy a power pack instead of futzing around with solar panels. Just my opinion. Mark

Interesting, the Kite from Green Valley is a great stand upable canoe. Empty or loaded it's no problem to just step in from the shore or scout the river ahead. I was going to suggest this to Glenn but I see this is an old thread. Mark

Wow, I'm feeling for you Clint. So, it's got to be one of two things, either the surface or the epoxy. Did you say earlier what type of epoxy you used, and its age? I wonder if you somehow got the mixture bad on one batch. Too much hardener??? I accidently used 2 parts hardener to 1 part resin...

Nice work. It will be good for another 20 years of use when you're done. Mark

If you want to use what you have, which I totally understand, then I would do multiple overlapping layers of the 4 oz. instead. Mark

Hi Clint, I don’t think you should bother with the 18oz fiberglass. It will leave too much of an edge that has to be faired. If you are going to put a new layer of 4pz on the bottom get s-glass, and use it for any patches on the outside prior to the full sheet. If the hull has soft spots, they...

According to my build thread, the rib dimensions I gave above are the same as a Kruger. Mark

I forgot to mention that the ribs are 3/4" wide and 1/8" thick aluminum strap, which are the same as Verlen Kruger made them.

Hi Bryan. If I can get access to my friends real sea wind I'll reply here with the lengths of the 3 ribs. I made my cedar strip sea wind similar to the real thing, but I can't remember if I altered the lengths or locations of the ribs. I think they're the same since I used his spray skirt as a...

Yes on the fillet. It's in the instructions for building that type of tumblehome. I originally had a pedestal seat but changed to a hung seat cause I like to kneel half the time. I'm nowhere near 240#, but i can't see needing any extra reinforcement.

I agree. Glassing and fill coats around that knuckle were more difficult. Make sure and round off that edge since the glass won’t lay down if it’s sharp. Mark

Roughly 15 years ago I made a few annual trips to Baffin Island to install and maintain weather stations in the vicinity of Clyde River. The Inuit of Clyde River use these Nor-west freighters on the ocean, and routinely travel between the village and their hunting/fishing camps during the short...

Bias cut peel ply.........not! I took a close look and here's a picture of the weave. I tried to get a piece to form around a canoe stem, and even though it goes a little ways, it's not as good as cutting peel ply on the bias. Having said that, this stuff conforms great to the minor features...