Recent content by UCanoe_2

Only once, and for less than a mile. 😢 But it was on tidal water, San Domingo Creek at Saint Michaels, MD during the Mid Atlantic Small Craft Festival. Photo is my wife at the same spot several years ago. I sold two canoes to raise $$ as part of the long term plan to acquire a lightweight...

Our driveway is 600 feet long, and the entrance is mostly obscured by trees. Our neighbors are trustworthy and we live in a low crime area. We do not lock the doors when we are at home, but do when we are gone overnight. This exercise is really mostly futile, because there are several...

"A total of 39 whitewater helmets have been rated using the STAR evaluation system. Our impact tests evaluate a helmet's ability to reduce linear and rotational acceleration of the head from a range of whitewater and paddle sport head impacts." These folks are excellent engineers, but they...

The suspect is in custody. https://www.mynbc5.com/article/new-york-anthony-bechand-captured-homicide/68075144

Today at long last I installed the little forward deck, which is a major structural component. Dispensing PL Premium with a manual caulking gun is not kind to my arthritic hands. So I applied the adhesive with a pneumatic caulking gun. IIRC it cost $75 from Home Depot a couple years ago. I...

Still looking.

Backpackers use Excel spreadsheets to develop a gear checklist and calculate weights. We can easily adapt the spreadsheets for canoe use. Here is one example https://www.poweredbytofu.com/backpacking-gear-list-spreadsheet/ I made my own, which seems to have disappeared when I tried to back up...

Your canoe really looks sharp! Now you have to paint your truck to match.....

Mast Partner Mark I was cut from an ash board made from a tree on our property that was killed by the Emerald Ash Borer. The tree was crooked and had a lot of bound up stresses. When I cut a hole for the mast, the board twisted badly. The 2 thwart pieces were made from the same tree, but did...

Remember those model airplane kit instructions that said, "Paint all parts before assembly?" At last, a primer coat on the boat interior..... I also primed the undersides of the breasthook, deck, mast partner, and miscellaneous small parts. After two finish coats of paint, they will be ready...

Still more trial fitting.

I used a router to cut an arc on the aft edge of the breasthook, same as with the deck. I also used a router to round over and bevel the aft edge, to prevent injury if someone contacted it accidentally.

First trial fitting.

Now it's time to make the breasthook, a major structural member that holds the bow of the boat together. After much trial and error with mockups, I decided to follow Greg Rossel's instructions from his book, Building Small Boats. I made a simple jig and glued up a breasthook blank made from...

I also used the router to cut a doubler for the hatch, and a doubler for a possible cleat. Here the underside of the deck is ready for epoxy coating. I used a plumb bob to make sure the centerline of the deck was aligned with the centerline of the boat and mast step.