Recent content by dustycassidy

So today we had a break in the snow and rain and I started work on the boat. I took the gunwales, inwales, and everything else off. The drill as a dremel substitute did not work (it isn't a high enough RPM) so I ended up just cutting the material away from the cold crack to create a bevel and...

I'd actually read that thread, but felt like I had already put too many links in the post. Thanks for the welcome, I've been reading through a lot of old posts and it's been really helpful. This is such a great community resource.

Do you find that this makes it pretty easy to remove the float bag cage? For me the biggest appeal of doing it this way is that for flatwater trips I could easily get rid of the cages, but if it's still a pain it might not matter that much.

This is good advice. I hadn't thought about the possibility of damaging the gunwales or making the crack worse by removing them

I'm gonna try this and bought a dremel bit at the hardware store today. I'll report back afterwards with how it went

Thanks, I really didn't want to buy fancy shears

After years of waiting I picked up my first boat last fall, I got a 2008 NovaCraft Prospector 17 in royalex. Finding a good condition prospector in AZ took a long time and I'm pleased with the boat. It has one small (~4 inch) cold crack but otherwise is in excellent condition. I've been...