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Others will be along with advice about gunwale replacement. That's something I haven't had to do yet.

Welcome to the forum! First off, the Penobscot 16 is one of my favorite royalex canoes and worth bringing back to usable shape. I...

For future reference and just in case it gets deleted eventually, here are some screenshots from the ad.

I usually make those kinds of repairs both inside and out with fiberglass and marine epoxy. You can live with the way it looks or just...

I'd go with glass. It will do the trick and new Kevlar won't color match the old, so there will be a noticeable repair there with either...

If you are going to glass, as a repair ... going with a lighter glass will save some weight , both in glass and epoxy and likely not...

Glass (I'm assuming 6 oz e-glass?) should be fine for anything I'd be doing with it (I portage most class 3s) and I think you'll pick up...

Finally took the time to start addressing the damage on the Moccasin I acquired and mentioned in This thread. Here's a photo of how it...

According to the chart, goatee is okay if you're careful, and Zapp is GTG. But circle beard is a no-go. Thousands of firefighters...

I asked for the sources and it sounds like most of it came from a couple old posts from 2005/2006 on paddling.com and BWCA.com. I didn't...

I asked my buddy Chat GPT about the subject. I hope someone can confirm the accuracy:

I googled the 17' Lund and it has a 37" beam and a 34.5" waterline and should be a stable boat, so here are a couple more thoughts...

I take my daughter's 50 lb. Portuguese Water Dog (Russet) on a couple of trips a year in the ADKs. I use my Sawyer Autumn Mist that I've...

How close is the stern seat (I'm picturing you sitting in the stern and your wife in the bow) to the end of the Lund? I think canoes...

That's the beauty of (and why I'm looking forward to) being retired. Without any schedule constraints, who cares if it takes all day...