Kite +6%

I had another person stop their truck and come in to chat. It's fun but it cut's my productivity.

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Wait until you strap it to the roof and get waylaid at every fuel stop.

Those accent strips are gonna look great, and blend well to your stems.
When I paddled my first strip built canoe (1978!) I expected it would be a cool head trip. What I didn’t expect was all the questions and comments. I could have made cue card responses, the questions were so consistent.
What brand canoe is that?
Did you build that?
Was that a kit?
Then a myriad of detail questions, what kind of wood, what does it weigh, how long did it take, what did it cost and so on.
I still take the time to explain, especially to those folks that want to build their own.

I firmly believe that we, as canoe builders, have a responsibility to share our knowledge and encourage would be builders in order to preserve the art.

Gamma1214 said:

Wait until you strap it to the roof and get waylaid at every fuel stop.

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That's one of the reasons I paint some of mine.

Alan

A few more strips today, frustrating pace. Used the heat gun to put some twist on the strips. Reached the point that I need to start more shaping on the stems. Jim's stemless method keeps looking better.

BigandSmall said:

A few more strips today, frustrating pace. Used the heat gun to put some twist on the strips. Reached the point that I need to start more shaping on the stems. Jim's stemless method keeps looking better.

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A closer look at you stems ?
I believe either your two piece forms, attached to the stem, are too low, or your inner stems are too high ?

Someone more familiar with the Kite build, can tell you more ?

It looks to me like you will be building a bump, or what they term " Hog Nose" on the stems ?
The inner stem, should be below, your first full form. ??

Again those with more experience with the Kite, can chime in on what it looks like to me !

So when I set up my forms ? I take a Strip ( it's called a Fairing strip ), and lay on the hull, to check for any irregularities .
The Fairing strip should make contact with all forms, or very close to it.

Your inner stem, needs a lot of shaping, to make it Fair, with the rest of your forms.

Other than that ? Your hull looks great .

Yup ! Stemless Rules !



Jim