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Glad I could help Erica. Jim

I saw this on an old machine forum that I follow and wondered if it can apply to canoes. Jim

Welcome to the campfire Ed. It’s a drain hole. There is probably foam in the chamber for the floatation. Jim

Benson posted a pic of him heading to the WCHA assembly last year and his car and trailer were on the lack Champlain ferry. Jim

It was probably stored upside down with lots of stuff piled on top for way too long. Jim

This has worked for me on the few occasions I need to carry two canoes. If you are not confident in your knot tying skills this might not be the best solution. I had the pipes from the setup on my trailer so my only expense was a foot of vinyl tubing and two yoga blocks about $15. The blocks are...

I’ll be there Glenn. My avatar is where you will find me. I’m looking forward to it. Jim

I’ve owned this canoe about 40 years and I’ve been reluctant to let it go, but it’s time. I bought it in Montauk , NY and it had been used in salt water and I un knowingly continued to use it in salt water, because I lived in the East End of Long Island. I knew nothing about electrolysis at that...

Welcome to the campfire Crawforde. Jim

It’s worth the trip Al. Jim I’m told but haven’t confirmed it yet but I heard they are both going to be at the WCHA assembly next month.

Welcome to the campfire Redmaple. Jim

Just watched it, they are just the nicest people I know. Jim

Thanks Benson. Jim

I build a guideboat with a sliding seat and was afraid the boat would rock back and forth with the weight shifting (it was a short 13’ boat) but it wasn’t a problem. I enjoyed the sliding seat but don’t want one in my Hornbeck. Also for the uninitiated the oar handles cross in the middle, one...

I agree with Yknp on the boat being heavy, but I have never rowed one (yet). I found one of his boats on the beach and salvaged it and it is sitting on my rack waiting for new woodwork. Even with most of the wood rotting or missing it was a heavy boat and without the structural woodwork it was...

Here is another pic. I do love that little boat. And it is not heavy. I think Hornbeck made this one in the 70’s maybe. When I was there two years ago buying a canoe I tried to get them to give me an idea of age but they couldn’t. There are no hull numbers on the boat to go by either so it has...

Ok, I just ate breakfast but now I’m hungry again. Jim

Call them up they are there to help. Jim

I built a cedar strip Adirondack Guideboat using West System epoxy for an older customer and that boat literally sat on saw horses on the shore of the lake in full sun from May to September. Every year I would sand it and give it a fresh coat of varnish. That was its life for twenty years and it...

Yup I’ve made them a couple times, mostly when my adult children join me. They ate it up but it was a bannock crust made first (that’s easy and no yeast waiting to rise) then add the toppings. Jim