Recent content by JeffJ

this is the only one I have at the moment from the 3D print. I’ll get more soon. I can try and do some snapshots from my CAD program too.

No worries. I’ll just have to load up one or more of my 3 canoes that I do have. There may be one already but there should be a post for the following: How do you answer your wife when she asks, “how many boats do you have?”

Is this censored because it is a surfski and not a canoe on my car? I deleted a ton of pictures awhile back. I wanted to add one with 2 canoes on top but must have deleted it.

After more iterations back and forth and uploading modified 3D models into AI I’ve stopped at this version. I’ll have to build it to see if AI helped me come up with a boat to my specifications and if I like the way it paddles and handles. I’ll make the forms over the winter and plan to build...

I'm going to keep the AI information simple at this point but there was a lot of back and forth information based on the feedback I received and what I would reply with (off and on over several days). Once I thought I was getting closer, I decided to load the model I designed last year (the 3D...

After the preliminary information that was provided I input all data and information I could fine related to John Winter's canoe design so that information and formulas would factor in. Other items I include were drawings of the two canoes I was referencing with a ruler in each image so that...

This is what I drew up last year. The areas around the seating position didn’t blend the way I wanted in my CAD program but I didn’t worry about fixing as I wasn’t going to build this boat as drawn. I knew there would be work needed.

Design Objective: Create a solo boat that I build and race. Specifically in the Texas Water Safari. The boat will have a rudder and be used in the unlimited class but could be paddled rudderless if desired. I have plans for a solo racing canoe and plans for a solo tripping boat. Is it...

I’m planning on woodstrip for this build. My last racing boat was marine grade foam that I skinned with Kevlar outside and in. Since I’m not sure how I’ll like it until I paddle it one day, I don’t want to go to the trouble of a composite build. I’ve seen the thread on the adventure race...

I uploaded all of John Winters material and formulas into AI which was used to provide feedback during design. About 7 or 8 years ago I had a Landick2 built for me. I loved it but when I moved into a downtown Houston townhome I didn’t have room for it. I wish I had never sold it.

I'll add more information in the coming weeks, but I've been working on a solo racing canoe design. I plan to build this boat and to see how it feels to paddle and if my design goals were achieved. To make this project interesting I’ve been using AI to help me design it. I’ve been using AI...

I’m just logging back into this site for the first time in a bit. I’ve attached a pic of a boat I had for years that I sold last year. I enjoyed paddling it but found I had to spend a lot of time in it initially to get really comfortable and to get it to track where I wanted. Practice leaning...

I recently completed the Texas Water Safari in June. Due to dangerous flooding downstream, they stopped the race 30 miles short (Swinging Bridge Checkpoint)so it ended up being 233 miles. My partner and I did it in the aluminum class and finished in 53 hours and 51 minutes with only a total...

I haven't been on the site for quite some time but starting to plan my next boat build. I recently completed the 2025 Texas Water Safari in the aluminum class with my best friend. One of my Safari goals is to complete the race solo in a boat I build. I attempted this in 2018, but I was...