Recent content by M Clemens

Hey! That's my old Bluegill, sold her back in 2018. So, are you a business entity now, collecting sales tax and such?

Call me old-fashioned

Perhaps when he gets enough feedback he will rethink the change. I always thought the Hemlock logo was one of the classiest.

Kinda like the old Curtis logo placement amidships, and the old Canoe Country emblem on the bow.

I swear, that's the first thing I did, search within the forum. I must have fat fingered a word, as it didn't come up. Good advice on the Bing search engine, now dead to me.

I will occasionally run into Canoetripping.net posts when doing searches that, when pursued, cannot be found on the forum. Were they deleted at some point, and a phantom record remains? Is it possible to recover the post?

****SOLD****

2001 Hemlock Eagle Tandem Canoe, Kevlar layup with slotted inwales. 55 pounds. Too big for my needs. $1600. Please reply privately through Direct Messaging if interested. More pics on Google at https://photos.app.goo.gl/kfezHfe7pGvfsXkk9

That is troubling, since the person who posted this issue on the Swift FB Group was not alone. There have been a couple of other issues, such as delamination of their epoxy shield that was posted in the Group and then mysteriously deleted. They have a reputation for 'swiftly' making good on...

C'mon now, not RTV and not the equivalent of drywall poppets. Riv-nuts and Plus-nuts are industrial grade fasteners, used them alot at Eastman Kodak 30 years ago. Something going on at Swift though. Makes you wonder if the couple of pound weight reduction for carbon gunnels and seat pods is...

Wondered if you caught this over on the Swift FB Group? Jeez.......

Not the one in NJ? I've been looking for one because I'm too cheap to spring for a new Mayfly. In the meantime, I'm using a converti-pack, originally built by a home-hobbyist in Buffalo.

A concern I raised earlier. I have seen this before on sun-baked hulls, where the epoxy seems to have been 'cooked off'. Some folks apply a new coat of epoxy on the outside if the cloth is not too brittle. I was also concerned that the hull had been stored hanging from the lining holes; over...

UPDATE: The Spirit II has sold on day 4 of its posting, the Explorer has sold after 6 months. It would appear that the asking prices were 'in ratione' and not too high after all. Perhaps lu22 would share what the final price of the Explorer was?