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That's true of any & all taxes. I am also in the "tariffs won't affect my paddling plans much" group except that I may have to include 6 gallons of epoxy in my canoe repair kit when I head North this summer (hey, I'm really hard on boats and I used all of it out there... what can I say?) Along...

I stopped over briefly tonight, primarily to fix the jack stand set-up. No, when I tilted it without lifting the base off of the ground, the hull was resting on the infeed table. By using the pipe nipples, I've moved the point of rotation from the floor to the top of the strongback and I can...

As part of my plans, I'll need to be able to tilt this hull (before glassing the exterior) 90 degrees or so (side-to-side) and I lack the space to tilt the strongback as Jim does so I needed to devise something that would allow me to rotate it in place. I also wanted to make it removable as...

Yes, the curvature between the stem form & station #14 is due to the clamp I used (I needed one hand for the camera and have only 2). The gap is present when holding the strip by hand but is not quite as pronounced (I should have thought to tape it at the stem as that would have reduced the...

I see... it's the coolers of beer that I'm forgetting (I carry a 1/2 gallon flask of brandy to save weight). :)

Better safe than sorry IMO and I'm not sure that any epoxies are hazardous enough to prevent shipping via mail. I order RAKA online and they ship it. (BTW: Welcome.)

Makes perfect sense and I HAD suspected that the plans were drawn for stemless. I remembered that Jim said he dropped the stem forms by 1/4 inch and thought that they'd already done it. Not being CERTAIN, however, I dropped them an extra 1/8 inch. (A little more rocker never hurt anybody...

That's a lot of snow.

Love the uniwale idea (very nicely done), I completely understand the "hold my beer" thing and anyplace you can lose 10 lbs is good. Hard to believe that Cherry is $5.50 a board foot up there... I guess, for a board or two, ya do what ya gotta, but, if you ever need larger quantities, let me...

You guys need bigger canoes. I trust that there are no portages? BTW: hail stinks when the only protection you have is a rain jacket. Thankfully, it didn't look like big chunks.

Thanks guys, I'll certainly pay extra attention to those 2 stations. I looked into buying the 38 special plans a few years ago when they were (briefly) available but I didn't get it done. For now, I'm fine with the smaller hull; I've got the Raven for large volume and my only reservation on...

The game plan coming into winter this year was to finish the Raven that I'd started and to get another solo finished before spring. This one will be built from White Pine & Cherry. These woods should look nice but I expect them to be a more bland combination than the Tamarack / Sassafras or...

Welcome @Jbone. I can't help with suggestions but I'll be watching the suggestions and hoping that you'll do a TR when you return. I seem to be working my way West on canoe trips so it's probably just a matter of time until I cross into Saskatchewan.

...and he still issued the cite? That's pretty hard-core. (probably fresh outta the academy) that reminds me: I think I've got an unpaid toll from Illinois outstanding from my BWCA trip in 2021. I never got a bill though... maybe I'll just avoid Illinois to be safe. 😁

Awesome to try something new. I've been debating trying a stemmed tandem for the same reason. I like that your rasp is a half-round but I'm not sure about only 10 inches... This is my go-to: https://www.centaurforge.com/14-SaveEdge-Rasp/productinfo/SAVERASP/ (just watch your knuckles, these...

Well, I thought the Freedom worked well for lakes but I'd like more rocker & freeboard. The Raven takes care of both of those but I'm not sure I need that much hull volume (but it'll likely make the trip North this summer). I have no issues building the Merlin... Nothin' good on tv anyway.

I buy the permits simply because it's not my country and, as a guest in someone else's home, I follow (most of) their rules. If I were to move to Canada, I suppose I'd pick & choose which rules to follow (note: Mem says I can go to jail for the way I drive but that's about it for civil...

Raven has been moved to the back burner (well, actually the off-loading table of the shaper) and I finished putting the coves on the White Pine & Cherry strips for the next build. Seat strips should be ready to bend tomorrow & I'll do that in the afternoon. I'll probably let them dry at...

Not that I was destined for YouTube fame but that's actually the reason that I stopped carrying GoPros on trips. Babbling to the camera made it feel like someone else was along. It cut into my feeling of solitude enough that I enjoyed it less. (silence is truly golden IMO) I like to see where...

As Jim said, taking a peak at the grain before running it will reduce the tearing out. (the strip shown above should be pushed through from left to right so that the blade can't lift the grain but, instead, pushes it into the strip- hope that makes sense) Stick with it. I was coving strips...