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Simply sad ! Conversed with Dan, a few times at The Spring events, Mid West Mtn, would put on. As nice a guy as you could meet. I will look at my CCS equipment differently, as a Part of Dan, will be with me, when I go camping and canoeing. RIP Dan !

Yeah, a non tumblehomed hull, with non recurved stems ? You can get away with it. That was the fear, I had. So glassed the ends, of mine, off the mold. I eyeballed for plumb, clamped and glassed the inside first. Kevlar made it tougher the shape the ends There were a lot of ways to glass...

Sad to say, cheap plastic kayaks, have taken over, at least here in Iowa. Northern Minnesota, I believe canoes are still king. Jim

I'm guessing you are making a one off, male mold, for a composite. Maybe foam /Plaster Paris, construction?

My latest stripper build, from last year.

This is a great thread ! Making me rethink my own theories. Like others mine are also Untested ! I have always worried about a bear chomping into cedar stripper, in search of the fish, that had been flopping around in my canoe, that day. Making me re think fishing at all ! I bit the...

Yeah, it isn't as easy as it sounds ! Looks good though ! Good penetration, as it's coming through the foam, and peel ply. How long did it take ? When I did my wood insert, I was always afraid of the pot life time, and if I could get things in place, before the resin started to kick...

Stripper guy The Snow shoe cord is a flat tube. Incredible strength. Yes, it is varnished with Spar urethane. I thin the first coat, and really work it into the lacing, for good saturation. It shrinks the cord some, so I lace the seats a little loose. 1/2" size cord from these guys. I bought a...

The Snow shoe cord works great, but I think webbing would be fine also.

Here is a pic, of my old seats, just for reference. As others have stated, bow down on the sides, would lessen the comfort, in my thinking. Always good to try something different.

On my latest composite build, I made a seat design change . I have always used straight bars between the front and back rails on my Snow shoe corded seats. A while back I made a bench, that the top was rounded , like a log. It was very comfortable, and so I thought I would modify my seat...

All shined up ! Yeah, Menards quit handling the good Jen foam brushes. Have to order on line to find them around here. :(

I picked up end caps, when I purchased a set of Bell gunnels, from an outfitter in Ely Mn. a few years ago. I had some aluminum tubbing, that I used for thwarts and grab handles. There was no prebending of the gunnels, so the thwarts have some tension on them. here are a few picks. This is...

Those are from handling. Yes, a brush will help, but they won't likely show, when wetted out. I would get them, when pulling on the cloth, over the shearline. Any rough edge, will snag, and cause that.

Looks great ! I always save scraps, and left overs, for the interior. Some day I will build with them ! What resin did you use ?

Right on Mark ! Jim

Yes, to Nick, and stripperguy. My plan is to remove the pink foam, and replace. Either with foam, or a thin, 1/8" cedar insert. Motivation is another factor. I may see how Alan's composite turns out ? The lines come from a Jensen, tandem design, and reduced, for a solo. This is one of my...

My first Composite, I Mistakenly, used 1/4", Pink Building foam. My hull layup, was 9 oz Kevlar, covered with a 6 oz E-glass, on the outside. I preceded to glue in a foam insert, using sand, for weight. Failing to do a test piece. ( Now I know better ! ) Hand laying another 6 oz E-glass...

AWESOME ! I question, if the foam is that flexible ? Will it add enough stiffness ? Another reason I went with a cedar insert. I guess you will find out. Just a thought, that hit me. Maybe you had saved the plywood, that you cut the forms from ? That could be used to support the hull...

The streaks are definitely over saturation, from resin, running down. Yes, live and learn. One of the reasons, I prefer a foam roller. I too noticed streaking, in my earlier hulls, caused by squeegee, working the cloth. The rollers eliminated that for me. I prefer warmer temps, as most...