Recent content by JohnSand

I mostly use ballast for sailing canoes. My current favorite is a couple of exercise weights. I have used water jugs, in five or one gallon capacities. Also a plastic shopping bag full of wet sand dug from the beach at launching.

It's a nice boat, I owned a Great Canadian previously and liked it. Selling it may be challenging. Wood canoes in general seem to be in low demand right now. Many lovers of wood canoe don't want fiberglass on them, few buyers of synthetic canoes want a wooden hull. Yours is between two markets...

I have good childhood memories of canoeing. My Dad built a Trailcraft around 1965-66. I was about 5, and remember sitting in the middle of it looking at the canvas skin through the open frames. Dad later built a fiberglass canoe from a kit, maybe another Trailcraft. We used that canoe a lot...

I've used older epoxy and polyester without problems. The hardener for epoxy may change color, but still works. I've also stored the chemicals in a boat over NY winters without losing effectiveness.

Very nice boat, reasonably priced. I rowed a guideboat recently for the first time, it's sweet.

I was there also, beautiful boats and really nice people.

I was at the Wooden Canoe Heritage Association Assembly last week. There were two birchbark canoes displayed, both built in recent years. I helped one owner turn his over, and also carry it from the water. I also visited the Adirondack Museum in Blue Mountain Lake. They have some amazing canoes...

I paddled across the Lower St Regis too, and sailed across the other way and back. Beautiful.

I've visited Florida with a canoe and a kayak. Water everywhere.

I'm on Long Island, in Rocky Point, and going to the assembly.

I own one with, one without. They're different hull shapes, so not really comparable. I don't run rocky rivers, and don't plan to remove the one keel.

I think I have bought all of my paddles used. Look at local classifieds, buy a few.

This thread came to mind recently when I finished another sail voyage. I opted out of the trans Atlantic trip. The boat is too small, the trip too long. The skipper was unable to find any other crew for that crossing. He started planning to sail to Bermuda and back. I accepted an invitation to...

Very cool, thanks for sharing. Using your hands to as measuring tools works very well, especially to judge smoothness. Gorilla Glue is good stuff, but not permanently waterproof. I used it to repair an oar blade. It lasted a long time, then one day the edge just fell off. Those oars got used...

That looks pretty rough. I've had three Folbots, one a non folder that leaked. I did some repairs with AquaSeal, some with Gorilla Tape. But I didn't have gaping holes. Mine was a 17.5' Super, and ridiculously stable. I later stripped the skin thinking to cover it with something lighter, but...