Jim Dodd

Glassed the front side of the float tank pieces. Hung the glass over edge for weight to help it make the corner. Three coats on the...

Boy Scout camp. 1964.

According the the following Mohawk spec archive, a 16 foot Intrepid weighs 73 lbs. in Royalex and 63 lbs. in R84. Perhaps you can figure...

I went at the cockpit area with some 60 grit. It didn't go well previously with the cockpit layer and it was uneven with a large ridge...

I built the vertical section of the stern float tank and glued it together. I then marked it for height, trimmed it and attached a...

My first clue was a first time poster responding to an old thread. Second clue was taking a trip with their "pet dog." I've never...

A concern I have with Aluminum gunnels on strippers, is the possibility of rot. I would want to make sure water isn't trapped between...

Looks Great ! You should be ready by Spring time ! Jim

Time for the coaming. With the glass on and the cockpit cut out it was time to knock out the center forms. 1/2 x 1/2 basswood was...

Not much of an update. I planed the strip of walnut down to 18mm to match the inner stem and shaped/trimmed a few pieces before tending...

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...