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Hi Bentrod! Congratulations to what looks like a very nice build! In preparing for the laminating I would recommend to read through this: https://laughingloon.com/epoxy.html Having control over shop temperature And epoxy temperature is key! I think you might find some helpful info in the thread...

A week ago there was an extreme display of aurora across the sky in northern Norway. I'm at 68 degrees north so it's common to see the aurora but this one was evidently something else. I was in southern Europe that night but landed back home the night after. I heard ordinary people who usually...

I just spoke to Festool customer service and It seems that there are no thin-kerf blades that will fit the Festool TS55. That's a shame because the machine is very good, especially with the aluminium guide and dust extraction is excellent. Because the riving knife is quite thick it would stick...

Have you managed to find any good thin kerf blade to fit the Festool saw for ripping strips? I used mine with a long vacuum hose that I rigged so it did slide along the strongback as I was cutting. The festool dust collection is indeed stellar. With the thick blade it was slow cutting though...

I have only tried it in the shop thus far where I have put it on and taken it off 5 or 6 times. Once you've dialed in the setting then it's a very quick operation to put it on and take it off and it seems to lock in very tight. If you would put a spring between the yoke and the clamping block to...

"horny yoke"... At least it sounds funny 😊

This is all that remains of the old waterway where viking ships and other ships from all over Europe sailed in to the Old Town settlement in Lulea, northern Sweden. It went on for a couple of miles like this and we almost made it through to the Old Town. Almost..

I went with the second scetch and so far it works better than expected. If I had some regular screws with star nuts I would probably just have used those like most people have. But I don't have time to order and so this idea was born after looking through the scrap drawer. I didn't have any big...

Hahaha Thanks Jim! I checked out the Plymoth in Plumb Crazy. It's a powerful paint job. Might go for something like that on my next build. The canoe looks really shiny and nice in pictures (still), but in real life and up close it's far from a perfect finish. It is certainly good enough for me...

I was in the Nova Craft Prospector 15 and my buddy was in a Esquif Prospecteur 15.

Hi Dogbrain. Thank you for your help early on in this build! Yes the seat mock up was quite high but it felt like the Kite had enough secondary stability so it worked out quite well.

Yes, I forgot to say that my list does not take eyeglass wearers in to consideration. You will need binoculars with longer eye relief for that.

I love using binoculars and always bring a pair with me when out in nature. A friend asked me about what to get as a first pair and what to expect at different price points and so on. I did this write up which might be helpful for anyone looking for a new pair: It's not easy to find...

Hi Big Stripper. A big thanks to you for your help along the way on this one. Also, thanks for the kind remarks. I didn't know I was doing freestyle moves though. I've just watched Bill Masons movies and taken it from there. I'm contemplating a carrying thwart design. I'll post my ideas with...

I've been working a lot on the boat in the last few days and finally got it on the water yesterday for a quick test paddle. I haven't fastened the seat yet so I was sitting on a Festool systainer and a piece of XPS foam that made a total seat height of about 9" The front edge was 8" behind...

Photo update from the last week. Slapping on the gunwales, in my case, is a long process and I have done some mistakes along the way. Over all it's looking pretty good. I forgot to scrape away the thickened epoxy squeeze out on the underside of the inside gunwale though so I'm in for some...

Maybe you should. If there's is something wrong with the plans, and it sounds like there is, and the person who sold them is saying that the hull will flex to spec. once of the forms. It doesn't sound honest.

This is a bit confusing. The strip version of the Kite is overall 15' in length according to the plans (my Kite meassures 14.9934" to be exact, without gunwales). It is stated as 14'10" in length on Green Valley Boatworks. Same for the Osprey but I don't have the plans for that so I don't know...

Starting our trip by trying to catch up with a group that started 6 hours before us. Going over the big lake, listening for the little opening where the lake pours out and becomes the river. As the sun almost sets the temperature drops and the rapids starts steaming in the air just as the...

No scuppers. At first I thought I would use scuppers, even though I agree with John Winters (or was it Martin Step) that scuppers on a strip built canoe looks a bit out of place and is really a synthetic artifact from boats with ribs, such as the classic ribbed wood canvas canoes. Scuppers do...