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That's quite the haul, it must have been pretty sporting doing it in the boat by yourself.

Thanks!

That's amazing and I really love your take apart pole! DId you take any pictures of the build? I have some excellent, clear bass wood...

The boats I have completed to date have all been with stems (and no staples/nails), I picked up lumber last week for the next build...

So ... it looks like once you hit that one strip that starts to really roll over, you start fitting the edges together .... as opposed...

Every transition is different, it seems. You just have to figure it out when you get there. I had a couple that I slipped in a...

I have to admit I'm a bow trip junkie, 7 times so far. It's the perfect impulse trip, just the right length for a weekend (even a one...

I just got back from 4 days at a drive-in campsite in northern Maine. My daughter won a bull moose tag for the state of Maines fall...

Hmmmm, I’ll need to split my response based on a day trip or longer trips with camping required. Day trips I can do without anything but...

I forgot about my electric watch and it's alarm function, but I would still eliminate it before my headlamp. I need light. I can tell...

I don't wear a watch in civilization since clocks are everywhere, but I do when I'm on the water. I have a pretty good idea of my...

The repairs on the raven are complete. I added some small patches on the inside in 3 places where I lost a little wood when removing...

Any pics where the ends curve towards the bilge Jim? Planning next build and going to try stemless I think, the lower area makes sense...

I used West System 406 colloidal silica...but referred to it as cabosil - anyone know the difference if any? Curious to know the filler...

Mem, I think the older we get, the more abusive we are to our canoes ! I don't always see the rocks I used to ! They should be...