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Wind day or not?

I spent July in my office doing paperwork. Nowleye-Kunwak-Kazan, Nunavut.

Thanks Gamma Overlapping, the cloth, first one side, then the other. That's all I've ever done. That's all that is needed., unless...

Thanks Mem Ha ! I did entertain the motor idea, but then I would have needed to rig a steering system, from the seat. I did clamp an...

While we share a lot here, and we all have our own opinions. It's good to collect as much info as possible, and then you have to make...

Thanks Jim, STEM curriculum To get from here (forms for stemmed construction) to there (stemless construction) I can either design and...

As promised. I had time this AM, to set up the digital scale. The Bob Tail, weighs in at 45# even. That is 9# heavier, than the...

The beauty of this splice ? You just keep on stripping. No need to wait for glue to dry.

I have yet to build a canoe with stems. To me ? A lot of extra work, for no real benefit. I started building Stemless, as the...

@Jim Dodd -- I believe you when you say that dust will be my enemy. I plan to divide the basement with plastic so the canoe is in it's...

@Gamma1214 -- Thanks. I'm glad to find a forum with talented and creative canoe builders. And paddlers. Dave

The whole kit and canoedle: From the top: CNC-cut side pieces for the strongback. Twelve millimeters or 0.475". Five plies of...

WoodsNWaters A great kit. to start with. A Big Plus, is the strips are Bead and Coved. Makes assembly a lot easier. Will you build in...

An interesting hull. It has a shallow-vee bottom, much like a Mad River Malecite. I think it has more rocker than a Malecite and I...

Really. I've paddled many canoes but never owned one. Chesapeake Light Craft makes cedar-strip kits for several canoe and kayak designs...