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Life has been busy and progress slowed a bit, but here are some updates. I filled in the really bad parts of the gunwales with thickened epoxy and graphite powder, covering with that 3 oz glass in a few places too. I will come back to the gunwales at the end, sand them down good and do a layer...

I have only made 2 sets of wood gunwales, both out southern yellow pine for what its worth. Looking at the wood database, it looks like birch is plenty hard but perishable compared to other woods. If sealed or glassed maybe it wouldnt matter? Progress looks great...

Agreed - it was awesome meeting up with you guys and getting to paddle your boats! Wish I had more progress to share on mine but life is getting busy. Jim/Steve - do you think you could expand the forms of say that NW Passage a couple inches to get another foot out of the overall length? Curious...

I double checked, it is 4H satin weave. The other side of the cloth makes it much more obvious, but this side looks just like plain weave for some reason. 2x2 twill of a 3k or 6k would be much more ideal - I wish they made that Carbon Innegra in a tape! That would have been perfect. I hope I am...

Oh wow that is a very different weave. Mine is 14 oz satin weave, 4 or 5 harness I think. 6 inches, cut down to 4, so that is hopefully why it spread apart in some areas. Im going to try trimming it after its wet out on the next gunwale. I did part of it with cabosil thickened epoxy, the other...

Through a combo of braces that pushed and duct tape that pulled slightly, I was able to get the majority of the shape and correct measurements on the first gunwale. Not pretty, but adequate. The cf tape is thick and would not stick in its wrap position without the peel ply. The bad news - the...

Thanks for sharing your advice and experience, much appreciated. My hull has more of the longer waves, primarily near the bow where I added that extra freeboard. Im with you Stripperguy, if I were to do another boat id try to find a way to laminate at least outwales to the hull on the initial...

Humming right along, I closed off the other stem with an experimental method. I absolutely hate closing stems, so I cured a piece of cloth onto the mold to insert into the hull stem opening for an exact shape. It worked pretty well and I didnt get a crooked stem. Naturally, another layer of...

Very nice! Good luck with the staple-less build! Do you use bungees to hold the strips in place?

Thanks! Deerfly is right on - the inside looked great except for this stray thread that I couldnt seem to grab when clearing out the inside of the hull ;) We used Raka slow curing epoxy and non-blush hardener, got through a gallon of epoxy and almost a quart out of the 2nd gallon bucket (not...

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Awesome meeting up with Jim and Steve last week, talking canoes and paddling theirs! I am already thinking about a solo build... Anyway, we made a serious mess in the garage on Saturday laying up the canoe. To recap, we went with the shrink wrap film as a barrier on an existing 18 foot Jensen...

Jim DoddSven I think you are both headed to Midwest Mountaineerings demo day tonight, right? I will be there after work, wearing a red shirt and blue swim trunks. Looking forward to meeting you in person and paddling some boats! -Mike

Thanks for the advice! I was kind of hoping the rivets would show through the laminate (just a little) as a guide for seat placement but you can always adjust with hanging seats. I shared your concern with the foam and taped the crap out of them inside, out, and covered. Ive pretty much accepted...

Spring has finally arrived in MN and I cant wait for layup day next weekend! I was getting the mold (ie canoe) prepped and thought I might as well make some modifications to make it better for tripping. It has very little freeboard, so I removed the outwales and taped them on top of the inwales...

Hoping for the best, Yellowcanoe. Not sure Ill make the auction but should be a beautiful day! There are some really great speakers on the calendar this weekend too including the Freemans (lived in BWCA for a year) and some of my former HS classmates on the Expedition panel and the Rediscover...

Exciting! There are a number of entry points that should fit the bill for you. Hegman has glyphs right away but you cant travel too far outside of that unless you do a long portage. Fall, Mudro, Nina Moose, and Little Indian Sioux North are some of my favs if Im looking to get up to either...

Wow, that deck plate really pops! And I think you win the prize for most clamps ever used on a single gunwale, epic picture. Thanks for sharing!

Piggy backing on Mike McCrea- I typically access this site with an iPhone and have had that problem as well. Ive learned to avoid apostrophes (see what I did there) and it works fine. If you screw up, you can always go back and make an edit to the previous post. A good select all, copy is...

You are a canoe building machine! What a shop, almost looks like a science laboratory.