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When we had the ocean boat it was the Huda Thunkit, which our Daughter now owns and Old Town had all ready named one of the canoes for us, Discovery 133, i’ll just call it the Dip ship and that leaves the new composite boat nameless. One thing a learned early on; if you get too rambunctious and...

Thanks for the helpful advice @Chip, the pole weighs 5lb even. 13 ft does seem long But i’ve got at least a dozen types of saws! When i ponder potential poling streams im just winging it until i get some experience, knowing there’ll be changes at some point. Thanks for the book offer as well! At...

All I need now is water! My “learning pole” will be complete when the varnish dries. I’ve upgraded the Home Depot rod and am eager to see what comes of this adventure. The red section is 4 ft long and has a glass sleeve. The carbon section is 6 ft long and sports a “uni” sleeve. I’m just...

I recently tried “Flex seal Tape” and it’s scarry! If any of you know what Grace Water Seal (bituthane) is, this stuff makes the Grace look like a bandaid! Comes in lots of width’s and some colors. A roll will be in the canoe kit come spring. Id be very confident in a pretty bad owie being...

This is a Home Depot pole project, Hemlock i believe and im heading into this open minded and willing to “up-grade” my equipment if poling becomes a thing for me. All i’ve really done was copy a lot of what i see on here, tapered a 13ft. pole from 1.5 down to 1.3 with an electric hand plane...

Thanks guys, “skulling paddle” yielded results on the search engine, and since it’s possible it came from “duck country” it could also possibly be Cyprus or Sassafras wood? Anyway, it’s a nice old find and will look good on a wall.

So now that my new acquisition has shown up, im more eager than ever to learn something about these. It seems highly impractical and wouldn't be all that comfortable to use but it’ll sure be a nice conversation piece. what i received does not look like it was ever used but does have plenty of...

Yes, and i’ll feel pretty good about essentially having 1/2 of a canoe trailer mounted on the vehicle! I’ll go over the top with a strap and it won’t go anywhere. The Bow’s looking pretty graceful as well and i intend to use hood loop’s and nylon solid braid. I’ve never used those loops but it...

In preparation for picking up the boat; i put together a nice rear support that fits the receiver well and is easily taken on/off. The cross bar’s drilled to allow 6 inches of adjustment but more than likely it’s only gonna see the Prospector. It’s heavy built and solid and level with the OEM...

35” long is all i’ve got at this point.

Im sure there’s plenty of smart folk on here who can tell me what i’ve got here. It was an e-bay purchase and doe’s not appear to have any cracks however it would appear to be in the “vintage” category. For me it’s simply canoe art that’ll hang in the shop but i‘d really like to learn about it...

Happy National Paddlefish Day? If you’re not familiar with these things, the video is pretty good. I’ve fished for them on both the Missouri and the Yellowstone, when we lived in N.Dakota 30 yrs ago. Lots of work and i wasn’t all that impressed with the meat. Some say it taste like Lobster; i...

Once everything was cleaned up it weigh’s 15oz. Without the knob and im hoping for under 17oz once complete. The blade is only .085 thick and core-less. Both of my materials are known for impact & abrasion resistance so there will be no edge guard. It can be added later if necessary. Then it...

A single carbon reinforcement was added before shinning the top side After which i hit a huge home run by learning a better way to make flat smooth blades! Knowing that Epoxy wouldn't stick to a counter top; i heavily waxed this surface and laid down a good bit of rosin. After some squeegee work...

This is pretty cool, even if you can’t spell Canoe! =AZXS03heVSeotPxXNBhP1fYP05zMuOpz-RiXL5n8qzJSjQEVJaqlzwcRpRQiIvR7ajOqBSzAY383r29-5ixx21futE1iwQa3AnfWKwLaCZJrG9qGVsnxlhpyx1OxIvP_5fDYLPn5WVgmH01Mppvz8JgZi5MMGS0xhdOm2F3646MgAQevBJb3R-wRUUdmRpf-HVFn9gKKZo7W3rWxjVNAhhdV&__tn__=-]C%2CP-y-R']Mathew...

Well, @dramey you know how to remedy that? If you’re up here for some reason arrange to stop in and look over his shop. Tire kicking’s free!

Is the title of this sculpture, “Klingon Courting Canoe”?

Very nice project! They’ll cherish the gifts.

Many years ago i bought a bit of re-sawn Teak, presumably hand rails for some passenger ship. What i bought was nice wood and a lot of it was used on the C-dory back when. My stock was initially 2x1 1/4 planks roughly 36 inches long and i’ve ree-sawn some of it to 3/8th x 1 1/4 and will make 4ea...

After flycutting the Balsa to .157 thick i machined the shaft pocket and bedded it in G-flex!