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Great Start. An easy tip to check if your stems are vertical. Staple a couple of scrap strips to the side of the stems, and then use the...

Well, I finally got a couple evenings, uninterrupted. Strongback done, stem ends done, stations clamped in place. Just lining up the...

Yes, it's a great route and not very high traffic. It's best done in the spring because the water gets pretty low in the summer. I did...

I want to do this trip. I was looking at the route on my gazetteer and it looks like there are a number of roads you can use to adjust...

Jake Feener, a Maine canoeist has just put out a nice video of a canoe trip down the Machias River in eastern Maine. Some poling, white...

Well, back in October(?) I washed some 18 ounce #8 canvas to preshrink it and then ironed it and cut out most of the parts for a 70...

To save on weight have any of ya'll ever tried to make hollow shafts? I've made a few test shafts before and they are surprisingly very...

It's time to start getting ready to varnish and make the paddles shiny and presentable. Since we have used epoxy on the blades and...

Well, I finally got a little break from the spring house list to work on the canoe. Building a flat, straight, square strongback on a...

Wacissa River today

Frog's eye view of Lake Apthorpe, near Lake Placid, FL. Yesterday afternoon.

Early morning mist: North Tea Lake, APP

I've done a few crude bird's mouth paddle shafts. I found it quite fiddly and didn't want to take the time to get it right. If you're...

Sort of, the phenolic is not flexible at all with the glass overwrap, but by itself it’s slightly flexible. The paddles that I built 25...

I'm glad I ran across this thread! The phenolic tip with glass overlay makes sense. Is the phenolic plastic flexible at all? I ask...