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After looking at your pics a little closer ? I wonder how much rocker you are going with ? It almost reminds me of the rocker on a...

Nice ! Brian A great foundation ! Could you clamp a couple of scrap strips to your stem forms, to verify alignment ? Jim

StrongBack Setup This isn't a new strongback and gets used for a lot of different things in the shop. So the first step for me is to...

For those interested ... this is a pic of said Uniwales being finished, on my first canoe. You can see the portions added for attaching...

After you have your forms set, just for kicks and giggles, stretch some Fish line, from stem to stem, a check the trueness of your...

In my experience, I repositioned the forms by adjusting the cleats and forms, to make things Fair. Now that you have the forms in...

Gamma. I don't know if this is just how you rigged that test strip up to take this photo or not, but when you clamp the strip like that...

Glad you made the Uniwhale work ! My fear of the Uniwhale, would be it splitting ,at the 1/4" thick area, between the inwhale and out...

I Stand Corrected ! Your plan overlay is enlightening ! I should have done that ! If you take out the Rocker from the NWC Merlin ? You...

Gamma, one other tip on using these plans. You'll notice that the keel line on the stem forms does not meet up with the keel line on...

Accuracy is in the eye of the builder. Some are happy if their forms are a1/4" off. That's just not me. How will a hull preform, if the...

Thanks guys, I'll certainly pay extra attention to those 2 stations. I looked into buying the 38 special plans a few years ago when...

Northwest Canoe, modified the Original Bruce Kunz Merlin. A good move, beings you have the PDF file, see if you can enlarge by .38% You...

Good choice. I built a slightly shortened version of that Merlin. It is a fast boat and tracks really well. Watch out when crossing eddy...

On the weight issue, I've seen a few race hulls, that had no gunnels at all, just a thick shearline strip. The seats were the pedestal...