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My Portage yokes double as a Back rest.

I'm building a canoe now, with a "Bob Tail" Something Bob Brown did, mostly to conserve the length of strips, needed for a build. That...

I've heard that Hornbeck is moving into the Midwest and going to be opening a shop in the Twin Cities. Should be interesting to see how...

It might actually be done soon, although it won't get a seat until we have open water (June maybe...). Gotta love the colour in Manitoba...

Saws are safer ! But Axes are fun ! I take a saw. At my Age I don't need to cut much wood, and definitely don't need to lose any blood...

Now I'm Hungry ! Thanks ! Ha, love new recipes. Jim

Finally made it on the water - two days earlier we had sun and warm weather, bare ground, canoe was on the car but got too busy. Friday...

We did not win. We were in the OC2 Master (AKA Old Fogey) class, which only had two boats. We started first, and the lead changed 5...

Fun video ! Definitely Challenging ! Did you win ? I'd consider Finishing as Winning ! Thanks ! Looked like fun ! Jim

I'm not much of a racer, but there is one race in CT that I have done several times - the Scantic Spring Splash downriver race. Its a...

Not as flashy as the Trippy Canoe, but I did manage to finish off stripping, albeit in a more traditional manner. The new hold down...

How the strip ends match up on the center line, of the football, isn't critical in how the hull preforms, but it is pleasing visually...

I fished some more Cherry out of the barn for gunwales, trim, more paddles, whatever and then stopped by the shop & flipped the canoe...

Good ! Thanks for putting my mind at ease ! I'd say you can relax about the bonding issues. I've always said when in doubt ? Test...

Flip the piece, glass side up, and test. That will test the bonding strength of the epoxy. You want to test the bonding ability, more...