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Well, I took those responses from the other thread and started a new one here so you don't have to worry about derailing anything. :) Alan

I wondered about Shadow after I heard you had moved. How is he adjusting? Do all the extra people bother him? And extra dogs? What does he think of the water? Is it hard to get him the exercise he's used to? Does he get as much off-leash time? Not that I don't care about you and Kathleen as...

I tested paddled Dan Cooke's Blackwater at one of his evening paddle get togethers. I really liked the boat but in the limited time I was able to paddle it I did not find it to be much faster than my Bell Magic or strip built Barracuda. I was only measuring max speed because it was a small lake...

Your test panel was tested under tension, which is where fiberglass is the strongest. The results may or may not have been different if you'd flipped it so the fiberglass was under compression. A rock would place the hull under both compression (outside of hull) and tension (inside of hull)...

Did it actually keep them away or did they just attack it instead of you? Alan

Sometimes you just gotta kick yourself when you see a million dollar idea like this and wonder why you didn't think of it first. Alan

I am also highly unlikely to download any files posted on an internet forum. Perhaps you can copy and paste the text from your trip report and post it in full here. Alan

It looks like some of the strips are visible through the coloring. How well did it cover overall? I know I struggled with that when I tried to color a hull. Alan

I don't know that I'd go so far as to say it looks great but I really like it none the less. How rough was the wood surface after getting it wet with unicorn shpit and water? I assume you weren't able to sand the raised grain without the risk of losing color? Did the cloth still lay down ok...

All the power surge paddles I've ever seen say power surge on the sticker. If that was my paddle I'd just add some cloth after sanding away some of the edge to remove the jaggies. Depending how deep the jagged bits are you might be able to just get away with sanding the tip smooth. I've done...

I have as well. I've had a couple ZRE paddles where the grip came apart nicely using a heat gun and I had one where I got it super hot and I still expected something to break before it finally came loose. Alan

I use a Thermarest pad. I don't know if the exact model is still available but it's one of the lightweight and expensive designs. I've been very happy with it. It's very light and compact yet I find it very comfortable. I started with a 20" and upgraded later to a 25" which I like a lot more...

Very nicely done. Better than I've done patching my Zavs. My failures have come from tip wear due to hard paddling up and down shallow gravel bars when training. After a certain amount of wear the tip delaminates. I've wrapped the tips with a couple layers of dynel and that's worn much better...

Nicely done!

I was really interested to read what exactly was going on until I realized you were talking about the boat company and not the bird. Alan

I'm sure there is an explanation but I would assume that any lake that's been around for 25 million years would have filled in quite a bit because of sediment. Is there no river inflow to the lake? Did it used to be 2 miles deep? Alan

They must not have sold very many of those. A friend of mine bought one used quite a few years ago. I remember researching it at the time and found virtually nothing. I paddled it a bit and enjoyed it (I'm 165). I did not find it tippy but I was racing at that time and "tippy" is relative. It...

I thought it was great. I'd never heard of it before so I had no childhood experience. I found it very enjoyable and it was fun to watch him weave the story together. And now the rabbits on my evening walks are much more interesting than they were before. Alan

It's getting close! Can't wait to see some fiberglass on it. I do the same with tape on the gaps to try and prevent resin running through the hull. On the last few builds I've used thickened epoxy as a seal coat on the entire hull before fiberglassing. I really like this. It doesn't take much...

Unfortunately the rabbits were typical newbies. They did not understand how current interacts with the hull and were unable to control the direction of the canoe with it often turning and spinning out of their control. In the end they pinned against an obstruction and were forced to wet exit. Alan