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Thanks for the link. $47 to ship a $12 item, so I'll probably keep looking. I really only need about 18" of it. Mark

What is your source for aluminum tube? I need a piece for a telescoping wenonah foot brace. Mark

I use a 9-1/2" coleman steel frying pan with a folding handle. I think it's perfect for 2 people but a little overkill for 1. It does or I should say, did have some kind of non stick coating. It's cheap, 10 or $12, lightweight and has a small footprint in the pack with the folding handle. I...

It seems that the writer took very little more time to write the article than it took for me to read it. Nothing of any value there. Mark

I’ve put the webbing loops under the hood of all my vehicles. It’s a great idea. In a pinch we take a short loop of rope and tie the ends in a knot and shut it in the hood, door, trunk lid, tailgate etc. I think this is the same as Kliff describes. I’m not an engineer or a lawyer but I doubt you...

My opinion is that you’ll regret it. Maybe regret is too strong. It will be a nice canoe, but every time I paddle a tandem canoe solo I wish I was in a dedicated solo after about 3 paddle strokes. Too much wasted energy. I built 2 pals a fewvyears ago, so I have an idea of the pals behavior as a...

I voted no treatment, but should elaborate. I dont treat unless I determine there’s a fair amount of human activity upstream or on the body of water. If I’m cooking on a fire I boil, if not I use aquamira, (chlorine dioxide). It’s light, fast and has minimal effect on taste. Having said that, on...

I use Vegas movie studio on a windows machine. It will read virtually any file format and out put .mp4 that will upload to youtube. The learning curve may be steep, but I think you can get to the basics in short order. Over time you can add to you skills as you get an idea about what you're...

I built a Kite and would just say that 170# might be on the light side for that hull. With just me at 190# and day gear another 20# the canoe is fast and responsive and very light on the water, but gets pushed around a bit by wind and waves. At about 270# the Kite is rock solid and paddles well...

Beautiful canoe! This is the only wood/canvas boat I want to own. Maybe someday........

There are a lot of variables. Mostly, how much power do you need? and what weight penalty (if there even is one) are you willing to trade for the inconvenience of dealing with solar. I would calculate how many hours of reading I would realistically do on a trip, then make a ballpark estimate of...

I would buy a power pack instead of futzing around with solar panels. Just my opinion. Mark

Interesting, the Kite from Green Valley is a great stand upable canoe. Empty or loaded it's no problem to just step in from the shore or scout the river ahead. I was going to suggest this to Glenn but I see this is an old thread. Mark

Wow, I'm feeling for you Clint. So, it's got to be one of two things, either the surface or the epoxy. Did you say earlier what type of epoxy you used, and its age? I wonder if you somehow got the mixture bad on one batch. Too much hardener??? I accidently used 2 parts hardener to 1 part resin...

Nice work. It will be good for another 20 years of use when you're done. Mark

If you want to use what you have, which I totally understand, then I would do multiple overlapping layers of the 4 oz. instead. Mark

Hi Clint, I don’t think you should bother with the 18oz fiberglass. It will leave too much of an edge that has to be faired. If you are going to put a new layer of 4pz on the bottom get s-glass, and use it for any patches on the outside prior to the full sheet. If the hull has soft spots, they...

According to my build thread, the rib dimensions I gave above are the same as a Kruger. Mark

I forgot to mention that the ribs are 3/4" wide and 1/8" thick aluminum strap, which are the same as Verlen Kruger made them.

Hi Bryan. If I can get access to my friends real sea wind I'll reply here with the lengths of the 3 ribs. I made my cedar strip sea wind similar to the real thing, but I can't remember if I altered the lengths or locations of the ribs. I think they're the same since I used his spray skirt as a...