Recent content by GladMax

Soon to be featured in SmallBoats Magazine, online supplement to WoodenBoat Magazine! I don't get to write the article they do, and Editor said she has to look forward to see when article will fit so I'm completely unsure as to when it'll be published, but this morning got email from Editor...

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 to the regular stretch of my regular river. She's not near as slow as I thought: I got the 5.4m stretch in my usual-for-that-water-level time of 1:15. I mean...

Yeah, that's sweet colors on BVII. The rich purple lacing took some courage to use, but super successfully compliments that Poplar, like two crayons from same set let alone same company.

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 take-up) than decent built plank-on-frame canoe I think. More stable than I feared: about same as my 10ft Northstar ADK-LT. Not as fast as I'd hoped: about same as my...

Those are great pictures, Benson, thank you. Yes, creating a canoe considered equally as valuable as a high end bass boat is a lofty goal. Shoot for the stars. If you don't make your target, at least you were the best you could have been. When wood-canvas canoes came out, they were...

After I hit Post Reply I remembered seeing Poplar here somewhere. Only your's Gamma? Yes, that pale wood is pretty. No beating that rich brown WRC takes under 'glass, but it does become common. There is a very pleasant mellow softness to your Bloodvein II. It has a gentle humility that...

Trailer queens and rafter displays are only worth the dream they inspire, and if they do not/can not function then the dream is a false promise. It may not be the wisest choice tor ride that '32 Panhead to Sturgis, but I hope it's ridden on local backroads. Tamboura is designed and assembled...

I perked up, but I'm late to party. Once I found out specifics, I'm interested in knowing more. 'Tulip Poplar' is something I have access to lots of, but not something I would have made a boat from. Yes, it's light, but not at all rot resistant around water. Here in TN you'll see lots of...

Thank you Dana. Tomorrow. I made her, for me, what I wanted, but always in mind that she'd be for sale. A trophy for the den of a TypeA's lake retreat. To be admired, shown off, instead of paddled. And figured they'd prefer a 'virgin.' But most of those types aren't versed in old school...

One year and two weeks, or 54 trips, later... Not the perfect wetfooter, but about all I hit are shoals. And one big rock that went thru to the fabric: I slathered some regular epoxy on and called it good.

100% natural canoe. All wood parts hand carved. Original, one of a kind design combines Kalaallit Kayaks, Mi'kmaq Canoes, and Vietnamese Thung-Chai. Frame is Ash and Walnut, finished with Tung Oil, and lashed with Hemp dyed with Walnut and rot proofed with Pine Tar. Skin is is woven Cane and...

Northstar ADK solo 'Starlite' kevlar pack canoe. Bought about a year ago, stored under cover. Never used before rebuild, used once since rebuild. No scratches, will take 10% if I ever do. Gunnels reshaped, Thwarts and Breastplates replaced with handcarved Ash and Ash/Cherry. Watco finish...

I need to shelve this project for a few months, and catch up on some criticals. I hope to get back to boat mid Winter, finish by Spring. Thanks to all who've followed along.

I’m new to canoes, but not to water. I grew up on the Wabash river in Indiana, the Penobscot Bay in Maine. My dad grew up in a recent immigrant, multi-generational, independent professional fisherman house, and fish were a way he knew how to feed his family on a grad student salary. We were...

I am going to make one more post on steam bending here, with the sum total of my education and (limited) experience, so it can all be in one place. Not all of it is relevant, I don’t promise any of it is right, but it’s stood me in good stead and should get you started. Much of it might be...