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Has anybody painted their stripper? how did it come out? what did you use? Thinking about painting the exterior of a strip built racing boat, keeping the interior wood finish though. Opinions, advice, information? Boat is currently just epoxy coated, no varnish. Thanks John R.

OK guys just wondering here, with the weather getting colder and temp dipping below freezing over a large part of the country - is it safe to order epoxy? Do freezing temperatures affect epoxy? Chances are it'll sit in cold weather somewhere between the shipper and my shop. Started a strip canoe...

Ok so I've made a couple of fiberglass repairs to an old goldenglass Sawyer Cruiser. How long should I let the patches cure before I can paint over them, I used epoxy for the repairs??? Never worked on gelcoat boats before.

Nice find stripperguy. I scored a great deal on an old Sawyer cruiser last fall myself. Needs some repairs and I'm researching those now. From every thing I've heard these are great canoes, great tripping boats. My plan is to use this boat for my ride in a 340 mile marathon that I...

How long of a paddle are you wanting to do? What is your time frame?

We paddle all night during the Missouri River 340 marathon as well. MR340 is always scheduled on or near the full moon for best night time visibility. Open water, full moon, no lights needed. Just small navigation lights for safety, blacked out on the paddlers side so as not to impare night...

Have you or anyone else thought of using a large stainless steel hinge as the pivot for this rudder? Are there problems with this approach that I am not seeing? biggest problem I can see is the pin being of pretty small diameter or maybe grit or sand clogging the hinge and causing it to freeze...

Is your swift a fiberglass boat? Very nice job! John

Hard to tell about the exact position from the pictures, different shots look different. Do you recommend keeping the bottom of the rudder blade even with the bottom of the keel or does it extend below the keel line? Does it make any difference? Guess if it was below the bottom of the boat...

go royals!!!

This is a great thread, very informative and excellent information. Just what I've been looking for. Building this rudder will be one of my winter projects. Are there any problems with the rudder being pushed up by the water flow since there is nothing but gravity holding it down? Seems like...