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My Bob Special strips were cut to .210". 4 oz glass with double layers on the interior and exterior footballs. No stems, though - you'd have to take that into consideration. With a tailor's tape, measure shearline to shearline on your largest form, then divide by your strip width. Without...

Oh, and at close to freezing, I'd be cold with a pad. But that doesn't say much - I'm a cold sleeper.

Take the tent. I own 2 hammocks - a Warbonnet and a LittleShopofHammocks Warrior Lite. I spent the better part of 2 summers setting them up in my back "forest". Issues I experienced included numb heels to an earth-shattering headache and several other problems. I have The Ultimate Hang book and...

Pitter-patter... Got clamps? One done. No scuppers from the stern to the front of the stern seat. It looks a deceivingly longer stretch than it is - only 36" or so until the scupper start. The other followed soon after. On to the decks... Coating them with resin at this stage was...

Very nice work, although the deck construction had me scratching my head a bit.

Just like the rest of the boat, right?

Of the two I've built, only one has stems. I did not steam them - I clamped a heat gun to my bench and bent them by hand (you can feel the strips "give" when they're heated enough). I used construction lumber (SPF) cut into 1/4 strips.

Don't get me started - not "pooh-TEEN", "puts-IN" And I've always said E-pih-fanes. I'm trying Flagship this go around.

There are different timelines, skill levels, tool and environmental constraints. I think I could probably bang one out in a month if I put my head down. Yet my first one took me about 8 months and this current one has been in the shop going on 14. If I set myself a deadline, that would stress me...

I ignore Jim's advice at my own peril, but I too have used the table saw with enough success to make it my method of choice. I have a unifence that I can slide towards me, supporting the work only just passed the blade. I skip the bead and cove and bevel my strips directly on the form, as...

HI DT. Some of the craziest weather I've ever encountered was between Syracuse and Pulaski on the 81. Where are you heading in QC? I'm just across the border from where they nabbed David Sweat.

I'm amazed it took until post #14 for jerky to show up. We buy our beef by the quarter and we get the tougher cuts made into strips for jerky. If it's chilly, lunch will be cup-a-soup or ramen, both of which contain enough salt for about 10 people. Pepperettes are another staple - usually good...

Just don't try to divide by it.

You're saying running a round-over bit around the 3 top edges? I'm not sure how I would do that without tear-out or shooting a scupper-spacer projectile across the shop. Hand-filing/sanding does not sound more appealing, but I get the practicality. If I end up using them as lash-points I'll...

We must appear as a somewhat goofy bunch I'm sure.

I almost spit my coffee out, Jim - you set the bar pretty high. Thank you for the kind words. I had thought about building the seats, but I wanted cane and I get sore fingers just thinking about it. The contoured seats do look comfy but I'd be fairly picky about grain "flow" and would either...

I was moose hunting in Matane Park. I came around a corner and spooked 5 goldens that were feasting on a gut pile. So they do go for carrion, but given the quantity of it in the park, it might be a localized/learned behaviour. One of the few moments that I would not have minded some company...

We used to have these net jackets that were made of cotton. Loose netting, like 1/8 - 1/4" - a mosquito or black fly could easily make it through. But you stuck them in a Ziplock and "charged" them with a couple of good squirts of strong DEET. It's easily been 25 year since I last saw one...

I have found that trying to explain the desires and the nature of an empathetic introvert to an extrovert, while somewhat entertaining, is largely futile. Although it is impossible to say so without implying fault, It is mostly outside of their realm of comprehension. Again, with the qualifiers...

It wasn't long after completing my Bob Special build that I got the hankering to build something else. Perhaps a bit bigger this time, maybe we'll give traditional stem construction a try... The Freedom 17' plans arrived sometime in December 2020. I had left over cedar from the last build. I...