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If I attempted that, I would probably end up having a fever dream resembling an LSD trip, where geometric designs danced in my sight line to the tune of some obscure Pink Floyd tune, like Several Species of Small Furry Animals Gathered Together in a Cave and Grooving with a Pict. I admire your...

An old thread, but time to update. The Pal solo was fiberglassed and sanded on the outside, and we popped it off the form the other day. Interior sanding started last week. Looks like it is going to be a very nice solo. Meanwhile,my canoe building class is taking off, the kids are really...

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That gave me a good chuckle. I went through the whole rack research nightmare last year for my new Ford ranger, ended up with a set of truck box racks from Amazon that did indeed cost about as much as one knob from Thule. $169 all in if I recall. They're very good racks, not pretty or designed...

I routinely scarf short pieces fro gunwales, it's never been a problem. My students are working on a 20 footer right now, we've got a really wide piece of mahogany that is only 6 feet long, planning on getting at least one set of gunwales out of it.

That is an excellent weight! Can't see it coming in much above 30 pounds all in.

Thanks for that most excellent report!

I had forgotten about that, yes, that wouldn't fly in a school situation, Elmer the Safety Elephant would stomp the living sh!t out of the teacher who set it up, lol.

Hard to say. There is some pretty tough country up there, and to think optimistically about portages is setting yourself up for trouble. I have great respect for David Jackson, but keep in mind his level of dedicated masochism is top tier, so if he claims that most portages will be obvious once...

Not sure if I posted this info before, but Ramblin Boy's trip reports are probably the best on the internet. We were both interested in the section of the Pikitigushi river after Cliff lake, and he actually did it. I believe you will find the info in this trip report...

It also makes working wrinkles or bubbles out a heck of a lot easier. Just push it toward the overlap and get rid of it. I usually keep the top overlap of the next piece folded back until the previous piece is completely wetted out and then fold it back down and roll it on.

I'm with Alan, I will often joint a plank more than once during ripping. A really good fence system will help. I stripped 20 planks yesterday, for the first hour I was getting very good results, but eventually I grew weary of the enforced torture and began rushing the process, and the...

Although our building styles are very different, your's being careful and analytical, mine belonging to the wood butchers school, you have just replicated my last 20 or so builds with your interior glassing. Except for the careful pattern making and cutting, lol. I just unroll the glass...

As I read each instalment, I can't help but think of the Eureka Parawing VCS tarp. https://outdoorsoriented.com/products/eureka-nobugzone-t11?variant=19850918068311&country=CA&currency=CAD&utm_medium=product_sync&utm_source=google&utm_content=sag_organic&utm_campaign=sag_organic As a young...

Having built two freighters without keels, I can safely say that they track well under power. The 20 footer runs off a 6 horse. You will notice Esquif's offerings are also keelless. In order for a keel to have any noticeable affect on tracking, it would have to be substantially deeper than...

The "axing" of your knee, and your decision to carry on "after axe" adds another meritorious ribbon to your Dedicated Masochist award. Also, your decision to push on when you could have spent a glorious night in a beautiful cabin further enhances your DM status. Good work!

Lol, I'm Canadian. The metric system is official in Canada, although I operate in Imperial as well. The usefulness of a keel is often debated by canoeists. Most feel that a keel does not provide increased tracking ability (making it easier to go straight), and I don't think anyone would...

For many years in Canada, the Faber work binding was the preferred one for people who used traditional snowshoes for work, such as line cutters, prospectors, etc...

I'm thinking that since your contraption isn't a structural thwart, most any kind of wood would suffice, as long as it is treated to repel water. In most canoes, thwarts are usually very narrow, but important for hull rigidity, so hardwoods are preferred. However, given the stated uses for your...

For future reference, you should get your buddy to use the jointer on all your boards. The first step of getting good strips is having a perfect edge to begin with. I have just started ripping 1/4 inch strips for the new 20 footer, the first step after thickness plaining for consistency is to...