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For nearly Free. These fold up nicely.

I have always tried to hang my seats low. To me if they were too low ? All I needed, was to add a seat cushion. A Simple solution, to raise the seat.. If however, my seats were too high ? It required a lot more work to lower. Having said that, stability, is my first concern. Comfort, a close...

That is totally agreeable ! It is however more work, but certainly worth the while of a builder ! I too use staples. There are those that don't. When I staple ? The stapler is held in the horizontal position, Your method, would allow either horizontal, or vertical stapler position. Jim

OK ! Here is the spacings and an illustration, of how I stretched my original Pearl, these were actual spacings, so don't take the numbers for a different design. I cut new stem forms, to make things Fair, for the stretch. You could measure from the faces of the center form ( 0 ), but using...

Manufacturing, a straight sided hull, is much easier, than a tumblehomed hull. Wenonah saw little reason, to stray away from the Jensen designs. As they have proven over the years.

A saw this on Youtube this AM. I thought it interesting !

I SLIGHTLY bevel the edges, of the forms, where the strip contacts the form. This eliminates an unsightly dent on the inside, that requires extra sanding on the inside of the hull. Extra layers of tape, on the forms, will help also. You don't need to remove much. You certainly don't want to...

That's what it's all about ! That day will stick with them, the rest of their lives ! Good on you Alan !

Looks great Alan ! I like the lines . Did you get a chance to get it wet ? If not, at least you have the stripper to test ! I would have liked to get up and see it ! With the flooding and road closures, it wasn't in the cards ! I'll try and get up again soon. Jim

My method for caring my paddles on a portage. The bent blades wedge. This works, but a bungee cord strap at the thwart and handle works better. Place the thwart about 26" fore, of the seat.

It really sucks, running out of resin ! I didn't have enough resin to help you out. I found that when I glassed one side at a time ? There was a dry line, running down the keel. One side wetted out, the other side dry. I had no problems, at that seem, when I came back 6 hrs later to wet the...

Looks good. If you store the canoe outside ? Keep it covered. Wood gunnels, won't last if you let them get wet, for any length of time ! I use Watco, and give my gunnels a heavy coat. Here is a trick, I use, to make it easy, and no masking. Make a set of tall X- saw horses. Set the canoe upside...

If the glassing was done recently, (within a year ? ) Patches will blend in. Me ? I'd patch. adding a layer would add significant weight, without much benefit. I prefer to scrape first, then sand. The patches may look ugly, but after you sand, and varnish ? You won't see them.

Simply sad ! Conversed with Dan, a few times at The Spring events, Mid West Mtn, would put on. As nice a guy as you could meet. I will look at my CCS equipment differently, as a Part of Dan, will be with me, when I go camping and canoeing. RIP Dan !

Yeah, a non tumblehomed hull, with non recurved stems ? You can get away with it. That was the fear, I had. So glassed the ends, of mine, off the mold. I eyeballed for plumb, clamped and glassed the inside first. Kevlar made it tougher the shape the ends There were a lot of ways to glass...

Sad to say, cheap plastic kayaks, have taken over, at least here in Iowa. Northern Minnesota, I believe canoes are still king. Jim

I'm guessing you are making a one off, male mold, for a composite. Maybe foam /Plaster Paris, construction?

My latest stripper build, from last year.

This is a great thread ! Making me rethink my own theories. Like others mine are also Untested ! I have always worried about a bear chomping into cedar stripper, in search of the fish, that had been flopping around in my canoe, that day. Making me re think fishing at all ! I bit the...

Yeah, it isn't as easy as it sounds ! Looks good though ! Good penetration, as it's coming through the foam, and peel ply. How long did it take ? When I did my wood insert, I was always afraid of the pot life time, and if I could get things in place, before the resin started to kick...