Jim Dodd

Today started well, I sanded the pieces then taped the templates to them and cut them out. I sanded them to fit below the walnut...

It feels like I have been doing nothing but shoveling the driveway here. All that snow made for an amazing deep day at the ski hill...

Can't wait to see it come together. It will be nice to have another one of them out there in the world. It's still my favorite all...

It's a rule Gamma, most boats end up taking about 72 standard strips .... 1/4" x 7/8" Now if you do use 1/4" strips at 16', that is .33...

I've come to enjoy building canoes during the winter and experimenting with different wood combinations. The decision of what to build...

I like the strap idea ! But there are flaws with everything. Adding rows of strips, even if you placed 5 strips, in ready to glue...

You make some really good points, Brian! I had considered some of these, like recurved tumblehome making it useless, but it's funny how...

I probably had my garage at 65 F for the job. I preheated the shop overnight with the baseboard and 2 space heaters to ensure it was at...

I found glassing in the middle of Winter, was a pain. Nothing like a July glass job. Cold and epoxy don't mix. How warm was your shop...

These are to me the most stressful days it the build proces. I hope you can realx now be very proud on this achievement. And have...

The fill coat helped a fair bit even if you can't tell in the pictures.

When setting up for glassing I used foam cradles out near the stems where the boat is already tough. I didn’t want to risk the hull...

Stripperguy, I really appreciate you taking the time to dig out those pictures. They help a lot. Mem, you keep calling your work...

Well, I just went out to the garage to measure the decks and bulkheads in my carbon copy Kite. Haha, the trick's on me!! I don't have...

Nick Schade has a good repair video. Hull Repair Jim