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its a bit hideous, but ok for a first try at a rain/dew cover and should work as intended. As Mike pointed out reading instructions, blogs and vlogs only goes so far. At some point you have to pinch your nose and jump... The way I approached this was to invert the fabric and lash it under the...

looking good. Making a paddle from scratch is on my list too.

agree in this context its not very practical to cover the screws, but my guess the notion to plug the holes was probably a carry over from cabinet and furniture making. Plus, what alsg said, builder may have planned to always be the guy fixing and would know what he did anyway. Unless of course...

looks great in every respect, well done.

Thanks Mike that was very helpful, I'm like you and your boy tho, will end up getting after it and learning from mistakes. I snipped off a few scrap pieces from my material (its the 200D not 70D as I thought) and did some folding and ironing. Very easy, very strong. I can see a lot of...

thanks mike and good info as always. I'm still pondering the deck stuff. My instincts after years of noodling around swamps and coastal mangrove estuaries is to minimize snagglee's as much as possible. With this canoe and especially for coastal jaunts I don't want anything on the decks. If I...

looking great. Should be ready for the trip. Just aesthetics,but I think I might have been tempted to put a little camber in those decks, but with the plumb stems and straight sheer I guess 90 degrees works with everything else line wise. My son is the same with big projects, starts out on...

Jim, quite a few pearls of wisdom in this thread :) beautiful work too

SG, lamination schedule evolved a bit, but main objective was scratch and puncture protection followed by indestructibility. :) What I ended up with was 2 layers of 4oz s-glass on the deck. Initially thought 1 4oz layer would be enough, but was too flimsy for my liking to survive inside...

still bumbling along on this thing and figured I'd check in. It was in the water a couple weeks ago to find center of buoyancy and test various seat positions and heights. Paddles great, very well mannered when seated about 12"-15" aft of COB point, even without the rudder. Rudder control...

I would just go with the bleeding hearts, makes for a good story and fixing them wouldn't help the overall vibe much anyway. I'm wondering is that a baked potato the frame is propped on in the first pic? :)

guy with the most clamps wins! canoe looks awesome

heck of project. Hard to believe someone could beat it up so bad. By buddy has a see through merlin he wants to bring over so I can help him repair some small kludgy patch work from the previous owner. Nothing like what you're up against. Anyway, those things sure are pretty until they need fixin'.

"Many days of travel in a Grumman just like that.....with jacklift too!" Vern thats my buddies ride. He lives in N. Pole AK, gets a l lot of use out of it up there. Mem, I'm tempted to build one like that for tooling around in the everglades and some of the more expansive estuaries we have...

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happens a lot around these parts, I rarely bother taking pics, but this female grackle stayed with us so long I had to get a few pic's. I think the behavior is an extension of them associating people with food on land. So they see people on the water they figure there is an easy snack awaiting...

Mike you should start a youtube channel to document and share your projects. Always find something interesting whether I thought I would or not going in. :)

only canoe in the stable with ash gunwales is my hemlock peregrine, Dave recommend teak oil. I use Watco same as Jim. That said I agree epoxy with UV protection would be tougher, but overkill for my needs. Something about the satin natural oil finish and touch that I like too though.

the canoe launch looks great, a welcome change for sure. Pic's are great too, everglades looks beautiful as ever. Will be down there in a few weeks tarpon fishing. Great report and glad you guys found your way home. :)

xl long sleeve t for me, skin cancers ya know. Love the site logo too, could be big across the back, front pocket nice but not necessary. Quick dry performance fabric a plus for us confederates. Would definitely buy a coupla' three shirts. Don;'t wear ball caps much anymore, skin cancers ya...