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Nova Craft finally got back to me. They had much the same opinion as you folks. They also offered to sell me a full width piece of the matching material for $340. Do you think that would be worth it? Put a couple fiberglass patches down, epoxy the rib cracks, and then homogenize the interior...

The white oak. Stout, hardy, and provider of food for my favorite game species. The late falling leaves protect birds in the winter and add cover to my late season hunts. I love the shapes of the lobed leaves, and the straight grained wood makes fine furniture.

This is great news. Might be able to buy that SRT yet...

It is a significant relief to hear experienced paddlers say its "not as bad as..." I am now more confident that I can bring it back to factory strength. I assume most aramid composite repairs are similar, in that some poking around here for past threads about the repair process should...

Two ribs, one break each, with one rib having additional spidering/fracturing up the chine area.

I will take the clamp on, if no one else has spoken for them. They will go on my sons Wenonah Prospector 15.

@memaquay I put it on a tension scale today and she sits at 41.8 lbs. @Glenn MacGrady Heh. No, I don't reckon that will happen again. Those lessons have a way of sticking around. Here are some more photos. If other angles help, just let me know. It's not going anywhere anytime soon...

Thank you!

@sailsman63 @Alan Gage @memaquay If you were to add a full piece of cloth to the inside of the hull, aside from any patching, would you use s-glass or aramid? What weight? Would it be worth using epoxy over vinylester?

Thanks for the encouragement, guys! It will be an opportunity to learn some new skills, for sure. I'm trying to get Nova Craft to quote me a full-length piece of material, they only want to do up to 24" square in their repair kits. I had a very long day today, so I haven't gotten around to a...

Well, I went and picked it up last night. No soft spots, condition as described. The "jellyfish" marks do indeed appear to be from fibers pulling away from the gel coat as a result of impact. Obviously, this shows with a clear coat, and would not with a color coat. I was very pleased with the...

If that doesn't describe the draw of the sport, I don't know what does. Great sentiment.

Thank you for the encouragement. It is the type of canoe that I want, I reckon I will have to see if this specific hull is my jam. It appears to be a 2004 from the HIN, which would put it in the earliest runs of this layup. The seat has been replaced at one point and will be replaced again soon...

Good advice, thank you. You are the second person to advise that the "spiders" are from fabric strands delaminating from the gel coat. It makes sense. I will be very thorough in checking the hull integrity. Good eye on that inside pic, I had not noticed that before. Looking over all the...

Glad it helped!

@Blukanu That's how it should be. The zipper sits about three inches above the bottom of the pad on mine as well. That helps with not putting all the strain on the closed zipper and transfers it to the cloth instead. Pull the bottom half of the zipper up and around the bottom of the mat and...

Chain O' Lakes State Park, Indiana

2nd the recommendation for Dynel.

Thanks for looking in. I will be picking up a Nova Craft SuperNova next week. It is in their Blue Steel layup, which is a combination of Kevlar, carbon, and polypropylene. I believe this may be my ideal boat, a reasonably light solo river tripper for a very substantial man. I am buying used...

Great thread! Your Pioneer packing system looks almost identical to mine, though I throw in a couple more "comfort" items like a stick stove and table. Love the waist belt, I need to get something similar. All of that stuff is in a thwart bag for me, and not really handy should I really need it...