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It's a pity, after all that, you are letting the SRT go. Matt Cassavaugh, the new owner, just launched a new website with a whole new look for Hemlock. I may have to re-consider that Mayfly.

A quick query of North American Canoe Trader provided the following additional results for the last three years: Merlin II, Kevlar, Houston TX, $2400 Merlin II, Kevlar, Euphrata, WA, $1750 Merlin II, Kevlar, Cambridge MN, $1500 Merlin II, Black Gold, Fitchburg WI, $1750 Merlin II, Kevlar...

I sold my 2002 Merlin II Kev-lite for $1700 two years ago and shared a similar ad on this Forum for one at Oak Orchard canoe in Rochester NY for $1800 last year. If you search the threads there were some other discussions about Merlin II prices on this Forum as well. Solos seem to be hard to...

Ever see one of the Cunningham Chironomid rigs? This one is for sale not far from you in Honeoye Lake.

Outstanding! With over a dozen different hulls, though, I imagine they would only offer a subset of their current lineup. The cost of duplicating all those molds would be enormous.

Building there or just a retail outlet? Either way, great news for the business.

A glowing recommendation, for sure. I only wish my experience with Dave was as positive. Aesthetic quality is truly a subjective measure.

You are absolutely right; it is an entirely subjective decision. I am sadly cursed with OCD and every blemish jumps right out at me. I did acquire a Hornbeck Classic a few years ago, hand laid, of course, and was stunned at the quality of it; zero wrinkles, pulls or voids. The partials were...

Lotsa videos on You-Tube, Wenonah and Swift describing bag and infusion methods. I have several issues with Northstar that seem to invite heavy blowback from their fans (especially the transverse mold seam on the solos), but the cosmetics belie other design choices that I disagree with.

It would be hard to prove without data, but from a former Quality/Reliability Engineer, I believe that a controlled, repeatable process translates into a better product overall. A little tidbit from Stan at Slipstream Watercraft on infusion:

It has been my experience that those builders that still layup by hand experience a wide variation in weight (some only publish an 'average' weight but are typically over spec). They also sometimes exhibit things like wrinkles and thread pulls from working the resin into the cloth. All...

Really nice work! So much nicer than the dowels I saw in the 2014/2015 Swift videos. I wish I hadn't sold that Cruiser, this would have been so much easier than fashioning side pods.

tketcham, I went back and watched Bill's videos from 2014/2015 and did see some canoes with the C/K gunnels and conventional seat drops, but they were in the process of introducing the side pods about that time.

If you ever get a chance to take a pic of the seat showing the underside of the gunnel and the drop interface I would love to see it.

That's amazing. I had a Swift Cruiser 12.6 last year I wanted to convert to a hung seat, but with the cross-section of the C/K gunnels did not think it feasible, nor had I ever seen it done before. I should have talked to Bill.

Hey Tim, arthritis hit me a couple of years ago especially in the spine. For me, alternating between sitting and kneeling keeps me paddling, so I am limited to canoes with a hung seat now under 30 pounds. All my boats are outfitted the same, with Back-savers that help keep my spine aligned...

Lots of newly listed boats available at Hemlock Canoe, including a nice demo Mayfly that I test paddled this summer; all built by Dave before the transition.

My bad, wrong Bob. I assumed Dave dropped the prices to move out the stock and settle old business before handing off the keys.

I think if anyone had an issue in this thread it was with the builder's initial response to Art. That kind of response to a customer of a $4000 boat deserves some criticism, not necessarily getting 'trashed'. In my book, the issue will be resolved when a boat is delivered that meets Art's...

Interesting perspective. I've always found such problems to be indicative of comments in discussion forum threads, rather than reviews. I have been reading the reviews on p-net/paddling.com for years and cannot say I have ever picked up on such problems. I dare say I have learned quite a bit...