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This is the more informed review of my new-to-me 2021 Swift Keewaydin 15 in carbon fusion layup with champagne gel coat on the bottom. As shown before, here is my Keewaydin 15 after I brought it home a few days before Christmas 2024, posing before my Japanese red pine tree (pinus densiflora)...

I strongly agree. Especially because I have a lot of canoes with wood gunwales, which are mostly stored outside, and also because I quickly lost motivation to do the regular maintenance oiling that I wrongly thought I would do. That's right. Watco is mainly linseed oil, varnish, solvents and...

This is indeed Orwellian. Yeah, I'm going to get my '97 Dodge van repaired.

$139 CAD! Note the deficiencies pointed out in the one review on THIS SITE: "Works really well. Wish I could make it tighter to lift me higher. After my knee surgery I can't flex fully so need my butt higher bit there's no strap left. I've had to adjust my stroke in prying for "J" since the...

I miss Car Talk, one of the best radio shows of all time.

Here are the Safety Data Sheets for BioPoxy 36 resin and hardener, showing the Canadian manufacturer and U.S. supplier: Resin - Main ingredients are phenols and cashew products, and only has a warning for possible allergic skin reaction Hardener - Main ingredient is formaldehyde, and has...

Thanks so much for the history and pictures, Murat. I note that the 1923 weights are significantly less than the 2025 weights for every length canoe. I know things could be accurately weighed in 1923, so what construction factors could account for this disparity (assuming all the listed...

I know you feel guilty using Google, but it readily finds many sites with info and selling BioPoxy 36. Here's one: https://atlanta-tables.com/ecopoxy/biopoxy-36/

Karin, I missed your recent posts in this thread. I'll be happy to give you unlimited editing permission to go back and insert the photos into your old posts where they belong. Several other members have done this. DM me if and when you want to do this.

Thanks. I'm serious. I'd like a lightweight beavertail to give a little more power than my Bruce Smith ottertail, I've always been curious about sassafras, and I'd value something made by a member of this forum.

"18’6″ MacKenzie will carry 1400 lbs with 7″ of freeboard." That would work.

Can you explain this. Is vinylester somehow more dangerous and subject to regulation than epoxy?

This is epoxy or vinylester? I'm still looking for a price comparison to vinylester.

Interesting. So, the only way to prevent all of this is to turn off the cell phone. I used to do that in my early cell phone days. I'd only turn it on when I needed to make a call when out of the house. I affirmatively didn't want to be bothered by receiving phone calls. After all, I had already...

That's a good way to look at it. And if you slightly prefer some non-extreme tumblehome or flare, for example, that preference may be outweighed for your trip application (type of water, weight of load) by some other spec such as capacity, center depth/freeboard, waterline width, stability feel...

Nikon, if you're thinking of a canoe to paddle rivers way up in the remote Yukon again, I personally would feel a lot more secure in a Royalex canoe than a composite version of the same model. The Royalex will be safer protection against pins and wraps, it will hold up better when bumping or...

I'm so naive and ignorant about smart phones that I never knew any of this. Can I stop this tracking if I turn off the GPS location function on my phone? The built-in navigation system in my car can show traffic flow patterns if I pay for that option via my Sirius satellite radio subscription...

Steve, where can Mason's demonstration be found?

That would be 5.7 liters, and if you go a bit over that, let's call it 6 liters. According to the Ecopoxy site, 6 liters of FlowCast cost $180 USD. Now I just need someone to compute how much 6 liters of a decent canoe-building epoxy and vinylester would cost.