Recent content by Joe Pikul

Thank you all for your thoughts and suggestions. This canoe is my 4th build and I thought that rather than doing the tried and true, I would try some different building methods. I have built using the "centerline" approach and have built by running a double beaded strip down the centerline and...

When you say trimmed, I think that means rounded like a bead ? I see what you are doing. Thank you.

Hello I am looking for sage advice on using a herring bone strip pattern in the "football area" of the hull. I am building an Ashes Solo Pack 13' using bead and cove strips. I am stripping with cove side up. I cannot visualize how (if) bead and cove strips would work in a herring bone. This is...

Jim I go by HighPlainsDrifter on both the BWCA.com site and the Bear Mountain Boat site. Here, I go by Joe Pikul (I finally was able to register). You have responded to a couple of my posts on those sites and I appreciate your helpful comments. Your Pearl thread is great, maybe you should call...