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Thanks everyone for your thoughts The canoe will scrape over rocks. I don't plan to drag it loaded over dry rocks but underwater rocks...

WNW, thanks for taking the time to document your first canoe build on our site. I'm not a builder, but I've looked closely at the...

Here is the one from the time I made the cover of the Copper River Journal.

Caught in a downpour yesterday, Follensby Clear Pond, ADKs:

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...