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Just read through the entire thread. Jim Dodd....you have some skills my friend! The seat design is beautiful and makes perfect sense...

This is my first Webbed seat. I used Stainless 1/4" staples, from Arrow. A little spendy. I tried 5/16" staples, but the Ash was too...

Hi Jim, That is exactly my plan for seats on the current build, but I opted for 1" polyester. I have stainless staples and have read...

Put together a few frames, using the new design. Picked up some Polypropylene HD 1" wide, in blue, from Strapworks. What I like about...

You won't heard any sound from my pry!

Cool Moose pic !

My lower hand rests on the gunnel when I pry. One thing I enjoy about paddling a canoe, is sneaking as close, as I can to game, or a...

The answer for me is absolutely never does my paddle (straight wood ottertail or carbon bent) ever pry or touch my canoe in any manner...

Does your paddle touch the hull? Not very often; mainly to do a stronger stern correction/rudder in wind and waves on a lake if the...

Let me first say Allan, "Thank You" for taking the time for testing and moving the discussion away from opinions and more to fact based...

Same seat position. I tried my best to keep everything the same between the runs. I was initially going to do the single blade one day...

I thought it would be fun to do a head to head comparison between a single and double blade to see just how much faster and more...

Good test Alan Using the same hull, eliminates the variable, you will find in the Olympic races, between single and double hulls...

Glad you found that while just tying it down and not at highway speeds. Jim

I went to cinch my bowlines down ahead of a long trip at interstate speeds, and one of my hoodstraps ripped. Seems like UV degradation...