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Great writeup. Kept me entertained from start to finish. Alan

Where in New Mexico?

I have not done the Berens (cancelled by Covid) but I forgot that I have paddled Manitoba multiple times. Silly me.

Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, Idaho, Oregon, Washington, Arkansas, Louisiana, Maine, (probably a couple New England states but can't remember for sure), Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Nunavut. There might be some paddles in other states I forgot about while passing through. Hope to...

Better add forks to the list of dangerous camping equipment.

Nope, no fork. I figure if I need to impale some food I could use a knife or a stick but I haven't had to resort to that yet. Alan

I'm a dedicated spoon man myself. I haven't run into anything on a trip I can't with one yet. Never been impressed with sporks but I think the only ones I've used have been from fast food chains. Alan

Just so you're clear the person you're e-mailing is not the person who made that response. They were just quoting what they found on the CLC website.

Here's a shot from the bottom with the waterline shaded in white. Bow is to the right as you're looking at it. Bloodvein below by Alan, on Flickr Alan

The shape of the sheer and shape of the waterline are radically different so while it looks like a weight forward fat little piggy from above it is much more normal at the water line. Since I used a sliding seat placement wasn't quite so important. If I remember correctly when slid full forward...

I've also become a fan of hanging seats from the gunwales. It's just so quick and easy with no fiddly-fartin' around. Raising or lowering is just a matter of making a different set of drops. Swapping out seats is easy. Adding an extra thwart on account of it is very little work or weight. Alan

I think you would be fine stopping at 40 grit as long as strip edges were smooth and there were no other large dips, humps, deformities that might cause the fiberglass to bridge. I think the aesthetics would suffer (ROS scratches would be "filled" with epoxy but likely still show) but that may...

I was part of a forum for automotive professionals about 25 years ago and they had a similar forum. The 'open' forum was eventually shut down because, despite having nothing to do with the intent of the site, it by far created the most hard feelings between members and caused the most work and...

I've never had any luck converting a kayaker to canoeing. I assume they think I'm just as nuts as I think they are. Oh well. I think most of them are just out there to be on the water and don't have a real desire to learn to paddle a canoe with a single blade, even if they do struggle in their...

Sick. Love the logo. Super impressed you can draw that well period, let alone upside down! Alan

I assume you've seen this thread: https://www.canoetripping.net/threads/cl-find.80857/#post-81114

And it's a lucky thing for all of us that you stepped up and did so! Alan

You can redeem them at the prize counter. You have enough for a pencil. :) Alan

I've never seen that to be the case. Usually, since the filler is being scraped back off aggressively with a flexible squeegee, it doesn't really fill those low spots in anyway. If you were using it as a fairing compound then, yes, it might look a little funny where it filled in those low spots...

Looking great. Can't wait to see it glassed. I use thickened epoxy to fill any gaps, usually after the 2nd pass of rough sanding. I used to spot fill the gaps but the last couple times I just started putting a skim coat to the entire hull (doesn't take much time or epoxy). I use a squeegee to...