Recent content by stripperguy

My latest canoe carrying vehicle is a 2025 CRV hybrid. With mixed driving i consistently get 45 mpg, mostly highway at 73 mph drops me to 37 mpg. Gonna have MDB’s and my canoe on top this weekend, I’ll check mileage and report back. As far as storing a canoe for a summer on the roof top? Well, I...

I’ve been using RAKA epoxies exclusively for the last 15 or 20 years. I had their epoxy guide in print form, pretty sure that’s where I found the 72 hour reference. In any case, I have successfully laminated successive coats as much as 48 hours apart. Haven’t had any delaminating issues from...

I know this is sad news for those that are fond of the Boy Scouts, but given the range of possible buyers, OSI and a transfer to the state is the best possible outcome. I would imagine that once the transfer to NYS is completed, DEC will remove the structures, likely to be determined...

Nice pics, anxiously awaiting the TR... The Kite is a very well balanced compromise hull, it takes on just about anything you can throw at it. I bet it feels great paddling such a competent design that you built yourself. And it's so pretty. For me, that feeling never gets old, and it's been...

WOW!! In your first post, you did say hybrid... It never occurred to me it would be THAT sort of hybrid. Man, that's gotta be the next best thing to a personal shuttle driver. It's got me thinking. Great idea

I just bought a Trek commuter bike used for $80, there are bargains all around the country...

Hard for me to admit it's been 8 years! 8 years ago, I smashed my K19 sailboat into a submerged erratic on Lake Harris (ADK's). That collision, at speed, with 4 of us on board, damaged my centerboard, and ruptured my centerboard trunk. I was so disgusted that I put the boat into storage until I...

Tony, I had my most recent bicycle mishap last July, an old gent ran a stop sign and plowed right into me as I was turning left...lots of injuries, still recovering, but that's not the point here. I was hit when I was 18 years old, landed in a cemetery with few injuries. I was hit when I was 29...

Jim, I don't know clouds too well, but those first few are definitely frightenus mostofus.

I added a couple lugs to my carbon fiber over foam gunwales in my carbon copy Kite. Thwart is an old one that I made in 1987, it's been mounted and abused on many hulls. Don't have any really good pics, but I'll include a couple so maybe you can see what I've got...

Thanks, Alan, I thought it was you that used that paint. Decided then, I'll use that left over Rustoleum. And yeah, the sailboat was fun to build and terrifying to sail...I exaggerate, it's, uhmm, exhilarating for sure. I've taken quite a few folks out that never sailed in a dinghy before, most...

Thanks Jim, I just went back and reviewed my build thread for my carbon copy Kite, I had painted it white on the outside. In the thread, I mentioned (near the end of a 6 page thread) that I used Interlux paint. Dang, I was hoping I used the Rustoleum. You know, the mind is a terrible thing... I...

I'm in the process of refurbishing my strip/Okuome built 19 ft sailboat. I used Oyster White Rustoleum Topside to redo the deck and cockpit. Now I'm doing the centerboard and rudder, and I notice that the Rustoleum stuff says "for above the waterline". I think Alan and maybe Mem have used that...

Just coming back from a weekend camping at Lake Lila In the pic from left to right: 2 year old niece, 1-1/2 year old nephew, SIL, mostly hidden 7 year old daughter, 9 year old nephew laying on the beach, MDB holding 8 month old son, 5 year old nephew

Welcome Kevin (if that's your mane)... Most cost effective way to get a lightweight, durable canoe that suits your comfort level? Build a stripper!! Others will chime in, maybe other builders, there's a lot of us here.