Recent content by GladMax

Yes, Erica, I do feel the same way. Equate the dangers of bears and big cats with snakes. Except that I am lots scareder of snakes than bears. I am always watching for them, and when I see one I'm far more alarmed than when an oncoming dump truck crosses the double yellow. And am never going...

If a snake is trying to climb in a boat (or drops from a tree into) it's not because its of a mind to get itself some human. Its cuz it didn't know that long thing in the water was a conveyance containing a human. Speak to the snake: it'll beat tracks. Animals do not like the sound of the...

Yes, Erica, it happens, and when it does it makes the news. But you are far more likely to hurt yourself getting in or out of the tub than bit by a snake. According to Wikipedia, about five ppl die per year from snake bites. According to the Coast Guard, about 120ppl drown every year in...

Old thread to renew and I apologize for that, however I am very interested in Shellac sealed canoes and hope as many others as possible hear of the option and become interested as well. I actually initially learned about armoring W/C canoes with shellac from this site. I've built two canoes...

No matter how scared you are of snakes, they are more scared of you. I forget the precise stat, but it's well over 80% and I think high 90s, of snake bites are on males under age of 25, and on the hand or forearm.

Thank you Gamma. Alan, I don't even like setting mine down, lightly on river gravel.

Thanks Memaquay. Sounds simple, or at least straightforward. Boy, coming back from river yesterday I felt like sky had collapsed. Now, thanks to this forum and you folks, I feel scratches and repairs are all part of the process. It's good to be here guys, I am grateful.

Thanks Jim. Your comment has gotten me pondering deeper questions on the pursuit of appearance than I wanted to wonder about myself. I might say I would like to repair this canoe to new as best I can, but that perhaps a painstakingly repaired scratch does look better than no scratches at all...

Turns out my canoe doesn't have gel coat it simply has resin. I got a few kits from Northstar's 'Repair' page. One is "Composite Repair Kit." It's description says it is for: "damage to the interior of your composite canoe that shows as white lines or fractures..." I guess that's the white...

and the way it happened was a rock.

Not sure yet how to insert in row, so... Here is a close up of the worse one, in the garage. Good idea to wonder what it looks like from inside. Awful. And an overall view of the bottom. Most of these on the bottom I am not super worried about for moment but will want to fix eventually.

Yeah, Alan, I am getting the 'let battle scars be' idea. I left river super depressed, but after reading a few posts here I am a bit more OK w the scratches... it had. Not these new ones. Yes I am a perfectionist. I want my boats beautiful. I go on the water to work with it, not bang into...

How do I know if I need to repair the epoxy, or just the gel coat? I am new-to-sport, have a new-to-me 2015 Northstar ADK-LT that had 8-10 scratches when I bought it a month ago, now has 30+. One of the new-today scratches has fuzzed Kevlar for 8 of it's 24in. That one I am sure requires...