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Sweeper, Years ago down in Vero Beach, Fla I had a friend who would walk a mile to the beach, a friends house to his catamaran and sail it about 6 miles to work and then back at the end of the day. Thanks for reminding me of that memory! Wish I could do that in my job! dougd

I'll see if I can repost pictures later today after work!

So a while back I picked up a MR Traveler basically for free and after stripping the gunwales, seats and thwarts off I'm left with a puzzle. The shear line in the middle of the boat has an outside flare to it! Is that a design feature I ask as I scratch my head or something else? Never seen...

Very enjoyable! Man, you sure cook up a pile of food, you sure don't starve yourself, in fact I was wondering if you just do these trips for the huge meals! :-) There was one section in the video where you captured the slow rolling waves in the sun that was stunning! Very nice work with the...

I think a very good solution! Easy to load vs wood...you know what I mean! Good for you Robin. I love a heated workshop!

Robin, Do you remember Hurley's Journal? That is a blast from the past and loved getting my copy! Thanks for posting this. Reminds me of looking through the old Sear's catalog back in the day!

Jason, I have fixed several boats with cold cracks, the last having something like 9 of them. What I did was first drill a hole at the bottom of the crack to prevent further cracking. I never guttered out the cracks but I know some folks have. I just didn't feel the need to do that. I did use...

Lent my brother my tent that my father took me to buy at the Eureka outlet back in my youth! I had it for years without a mishap. Now granted my brother was using it for a wedding, low key affair, and when I got it back every stake and pole was missing! It very nearly came to a fist fight...

NT was one gruff guy when I met him at Raystown. I was a little scared of him but somehow he took a "shine" to me and me to him. One of the first jaunts on the Juniata River was done by myself, NT and Topher, maybe one other but while Topher took to poling on that day NT just smiled at me and...

From years ago fix on a Bell that got beat to hell on a local river. It might help with what you have ahead of you but it was worth the effort to try! https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/5888687778042738849/1909281630686097145

Brand new bent shaft paddle from a new company down the road from me. Made it down the river about a mile when the blade split and half fell in the river! I collected the piece and took it back to the company only to have the owner tell to suck wind, it wasn't on him! Never done business there...

My Blue Barrel lived with me for a very short time. Actually it took 1 trip before I got rid of it. Of course I was excited about using it but found during 7 days it was too big (30) for the way I like to pack my hulls. Also due to operator error during the shuttle things got shaken up a bit...

Jim, You hit it out of the ball park! When I got home today I was talking with the better half explaining my problem. She comes down to the shop and we...she...searches than looks at me and says, "Remember that milk crate full of things you don't want to have out in cold weather and brought to...

OK, a friends MRE I'm working gave me 3 brand new packages of 4" cloth for the repair. Of course they sat on my bench for a long spell and when I cleaned it off to make room for other stuff I put them in a "safe" place, ya know that place where you know exactly where it is. That never works...

Somewhere down the road here my status will change from Admin so it will be up to DaveO to determine that. Stay tuned!

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I saw this on CL today and thought I'd post here in case someone is interested. The price sure as hell seems pretty fair! https://nh.craigslist.org/boa/d/nashua-20ft-wood-canvas-sailing-canoe/7199038787.html

Due to political postings under the thread "Keeping Busy At Home" by Robin I needed to delete what I thought was just the post but instead I deleted the entire thread which was a great thread about Robin's new start in Maine. This was my mistake to address an issue that should not have been...

Snapper, I have an assortment of materials I could send you. In kevlar all I have is that thick stuff. I have plenty of Dynel and some FG. Would be happy to send it on to you if you think either would work. Just let me know how much! BTW, I do have your mailing address from the T-Shirt...

Not to take away from the first post but Peter Macfarlane has done the NFCT from Old Forge to Ft Kent and then back again in reverse. He did post here about that. dougd