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Thanks Tony, I did find them, but I am not in a hurry to get the 30" stuff and was going to call on the 60", you saved me a call for that ..... Noahs said they were going to start stocking S glass, but in 6 0z flavour, which again doesn't do me much good. I may call Canada Composites and ask...

Jim, The ribs are wood but they are 1/16" veneer so not at all the structure on a traditional wood canvas and maybe no more than your strip inserts. I will add there is a fiberglass mat football on the floor. Yes, we used vinyl ester although now they use some of the newer poly resin.

Seems to me most of the hand lay ups of composite canoes have more layers than most manufactures use. For example, in the 150 or so Merrimacks I helped build in getting them up and running again we basically used 3 layers of the different fabrics totalling 16-18 oz. Currently I'm finishing up a...

Thanks Will! Sounds like a good project when I get back from delivering canoes to Vermont and NH.

Merrimack has been making them that way for years. I haven't had any issues with them coming loose.

Those look great, I think I see making some of those in my near future. Thanks!

I tend to take a lot of newbies to the BWCA who prefer (me too) not to be in the stern. Weight balancing usually isn't an issue even if the bow paddler out weights me.

Yes, it's the Traveler model. I'm going to add a thwart and lower both seats and see how that works. I still may play with seat placement at some point. The leading edge of the bow seat is 7" further from the end than the leading edge of the stern seat. If I move the bow up a bit there would...

I've considered that but I usually have no issues with balancing weight on a trip using placement of gear and my 70 lbs pup.

Looking for some opinions and I know I'll get them here! :cool: Maybe even a few related to my questions......:) So my 17' Merrimack get rather unstable when someone north of 220 lbs is in the bow seat. The hull is a kevlar/carbon build and it's a symmetrical canoe. First thwarts, there is no...

I've just been using an old aluminum tent pole that I roll up with my tent :cool:

I think you will like that paddle, the folks at Sanborn (my nephew) make some great stuff.

Yeah but how many times do you pack and unpacked your pack?

This is more of a general question but it does relate to your build - why do home builders use twice as many layers of various cloth when building vs manufacturers who only use two or maybe 3?

l went with the epoxy/sawdust fill method. Doesn't look as good as a plug but is probably better in the long run.

Maybe, how smooth could you get it is the question. The issue might be getting it to release, I know nothing about vacuum bagging so I don't know if one layer of fiberglass over wood would work or not.

I think if you're going to vacuum bag you're missing a big step. 1. Build your strip and finish the outside with tooling gelcoat, that becomes your plug. 2. Use the plug to make a mold starting by using a release agent, then going gelcoat then usually just layers of fiberglass because of cost...

Pretty much decided I'm making an ash plug, just wondered if I should drill it out and make the plug go all the way through.

A couple of years ago I added a 3rd seat to my canoe. Worked great for tripping with 3 people especially if the 3rd was a kid. I've decided to pull it for now and if I do want 3 again I'm going to use a different seat so I need to plug 2 of the holes I made to hang it. Question is this -...

I'm like Jim, pole rides in the canoe over portages.