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I recently got a used Bell Morningstar with a sliding bow seat (much like the Stewart River pic that Glenn posted) and a center seat for...

Oh my. Now THERE's a useful piece of information. Yakima bars ain't cheap. Might make myself some options.

Finally had a chance to get this boat wet today! The day was bright and sunny with light wind (5-7kts), but the air temp was about 46F...

Got the call that it had been delivered yesterday. Today I made the 3.5 hour drive north to pick it up, and then took a little over four...

IIRC, somewhere it’s been written something like this: Bell northwoods > cut down to make Northwind mold > cut down to make Morningstar...

This discussion at BWCA.com provides some background... Some history of Curtis/Bell/Hemlock tandems Scroll down to read Charlie...

It gets even more confusing now that Ted Bell's company is now called Northstar Canoes. When the company was called Bell Canoe Works...

If I'm not mistaken, the Curtis Northstar was the predecessor to the Hemlock Eagle. Here's a link to the catalog page for it on...

Thanks again for the epoxy tips! I'm not familiar with the Curtis Northstar. Of course an internet search mostly turned up old...

My bad, the Curtis tandem I have is the 16' Northstar; Kevlar with gel coat. I bought it used and it had minor scrapes and gouges and I...

Brandy Pond. Map 49 in the Maine Atlas Gazetteer by Delorme. Seen while finishing the Allagash Lake loop. Look at satellite maps and...

A couple of years ago I was out with my local canoe/kayak club on our usual Sunday run -- a Class I-II section of the Potomac known as...

@tketcham thank you, very helpful! What epoxy would you recommend for the gel coat? Same for the inside? (I'll have to take a closer...

Well, that isn't the prettiest layup I've seen, that's for sure. But I've owned famous brand composite canoes where the interior epoxy...

Maybe it was a Northwind. A more recent model, 17 feet lots of rocker, Royalex, around 35 inch beam.