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Jim i apologize for my ignorance but why couldnt you build up with a carbon layer just like a kevlar layer? Is there something I am missing?

Oh boy now i dont kow what to do about the indside. I kind of like the idea of no fill coat, just cause its a bit liless weight and work. My epoxy is uv resistant so not too much to worry about that, although i will probably varnish the outside so it looks nice. I am going to cut my boat to the...

So i have been sneaking out and SLOWLY working on the boat, got the fill coat on the hull and i am ready to take it off the strongback. Two questions, one does anyone just do a fiberglass layer and not a fill coat on the inside of the boat? Wondering if the will give a bit more from a traction...

No Title So I have not posted any updates on the boat for a while so i figure i should show off all my hard work. Truthfully I haven't done anything to the boat! My wife and I welcomed a baby girl, Hazel, into the world august 11th. Those things are a lot of work! Needless to say the boat has...

Thanks Jim sadly the carbon boat will be for my buddy, the wife is not too keen on having two of the exact same boat :) Also has anyone ever peel plyed their boat. I bought some thinking that it would work well for smoothing the hull and maybe dropping a bit of work and weight. All the videos...

No Title So i have been rather busy on the boat but rather lazy in regards to picture posting. The boat is sanded and just got a cheat coat for glassing, hopefully tonight/tomorrow . I decided to go with 6 oz e glass and 6 oz s glass, the piece of mind to not swim back was worth a few pounds. I...

Jim that is awesome advice! Planned to cap the gunnels and was thinking about just thinkened epoxy for glue and after reading a post, probably one of yours, the weap hole seems almost mandatory! Was thinking about a light epoxy coat on the boat side of the scuppers (the part of the inwale facing...

No Title Wysedav- that is a light boat! I am planning on cherry for the trim too. What were the dimensions of the gunnels? Was thinking about maybe 3/8 in outer and scuppered inner. Also thinking about pedestal style seats, sliding in the front and likely fixed in the back. Going to try and...

Brain thay is some great insight. I am looking for a light weight boat but worry about the durability issues of a glassing schedule this is not up to par. Would you just forgo the s glass or could it be justified due to increased strength and durability? I love the hard evidence of weights just...

Thanks for all the positive comments, i get excited every time i walk past the boat, getting closer and closer to water time! Alan i was looking at us composites for the s-glass. Was thinking since i am using 3/16 thick strips and want to use it as a tripper i figure a bit more beef on the...

No Title So i have made a bit of progress; got the accent strips on and am one small piece away from closing up the football! After that have about 4 or 5 most partial stips to put on the stern and then about 10 for the bow. This thing is staring to look like it will actually float !!! From...

Started stripping 4"from the gunnels at the center of the boat, the feature strip will go there and then i will strip towards the gunnels. Will post a side view when the feature strip goes on

No Title And as always some eye candy. The last pic is the accent strip. Under the tape is a diamond made out of cherry, which should look food with cherry gunnels

My wife and I have been working on the boat and have made some progress on the build. We have got one of the sides finished and are working on closing up the other side. Hopefully going to get the feature strip on tonight or this weekend.

No Title Those seats look like they may be the ticket. Anything to keep it from sliding when you get it where you want it? Alan how do you make your seats and do you sell them? Back to the build, it has been going slowly but surely. I am trying to get a few strips on each day and it seems to be...

Stripperguy- thanks for the data with that i know i have seen those figures somewhere in the past on this site. Do you have any pictures of your pedestal mount? I have seen a few boats with it but mostly the guys who are making composite boats and have carbon rails to make the pedestal. Would...

Jim- yes most definitely using bead and cove. That is what i have used for my surf and paddle boards to round the rails, transitioningfrom the bottom of the board to the top. It maes working with curves so nice and pretty easy. I will have to remind myself of you quote about carrying a few...

Thabks for all the feed back already guys! As for staple vs stapleless i just think the lack of kittle snake bites all over the boat looks better to me. Alan i do really like how a strip canoe looks and the paint i think would take that away. That being said the boat is no where near down and i...

No Title Ok i think i have gotten the file size down. Here are some in no particular order,strongback and form setting. Along with the strips the mess and another reason why the canoe has not been going very fast. The SUP is something that is almost done, i seem to have a habit of starting too...

So i finally got started on my first canoe build. I have gotten the stong back build and all of my strips ready and now on to the glue up phase. I was able to score 2 18 foot 2x8s on Craigslist so i will not have to scarf anything. Got a few addional sticks of rough cut cedar from menards for...