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I'm not a canoe builder, but for other traditional boats the rule is: forms forward of amidships go on the aft side of the station line, while forms aft of amidships go on the forward side of the station line. This setup will place one plane of each form exactly on its appropriate station line...

Good thinkin', Steve. One artifact can start a whole string of speculation.

The river giveth, and the river taketh away. On the Maury River near Lexington, VA, a railroad wheel. It's now a garden ornament. There used to be a railroad, now a rail trail, next to the river. However, this wheel is about 16 inches in diameter and much smaller than a typical...

Yep, turn those disease vectors and hosta-eaters into food! Reducing the number of does is the key to population control.

A long and pretty technical article about the disease we get from those pesky little bugs. https://reference.medscape.com/slideshow/tick-borne-illnesses-6006369?ecd=wnl_critimg_240705_mscpref_etid6643236&uac=389934HN&impID=6643236

Middle River, S. Fork Shenandoah tributary, about 12 miles from home. Goods Falls, S. Fork Shenandoah, about 50 miles from home. Gotta have Royalex or T-Formex for the shallow rocky rivers in this area. Sadly, the Mohawk Solo 14 in these photos was lost in a fire (sob!). For flat water...

A shot from starboard gives a clearer view of the clamping arrangement. The centerboard case is finally installed! Not shown is the boatbuilder underneath the boat, driving expensive large bronze screws while trying (mostly successfully) to avoid expensive dripping epoxy. Plenty of...

New case ready to install, here sitting upside down so epoxy can be applied to the bedlogs. To minimize epoxy mess, I then stood the case upright on rollers. These were simply large dowels, wrapped with packing tape so epoxy would not stick to them. Centerboard case in place for...

The bedlogs needed matching holes for the centerboard pivot pin, drilled with the Shopsmith. Parts for the new case cut out and trial fitted, ready for assembly. Mickey, the feline shop helper, is assisting. Applying fiberglass cloth and epoxy to the case interior.

The members at the bottom of the centerboard case are called "bedlogs." I made a pattern to match the curve of the boat's bottom. Then I cut out the new bedlogs with the bandsaw, and planed them to match.

There was no dressed lumber of the correct dimensions for the new case on hand. I had to joint, rip, and plane rough cut lumber using the old Shopsmith.

John, Melonseeds are great boats, and an outstanding traditional design. Boatbuilding stagnated for a long time, after I discovered that the centerboard case would not fit the boat. I built the case with a straight bottom, when it should have had a slight curve. My attempts to correct this...

Patrick O'Brian, HMS Surprise. Part of the Master and Commander series. Adventure, romance, and Age of Sail seamanship at its finest. Read online with a free account from archive.org: https://archive.org/details/hmssurprise0000obri_o0h0

Is anybody familiar with the what3words app? A friend just sent me this story about its use in a search and rescue operation. https://cardinalnews.org/2024/05/07/rescuers-turn-to-3-words-to-find-lost-hikers/ Software developers have created the what3words app, which divides the Earth's...

Smokey was a skinny dipper before the Forest Service anthropomorphised him.

Some images cannot be unseen....<};-)

Semper ubi, sub ubi.

Sian Rees, The Floating Brothel: The Extraordinary True Story of an Eighteenth-Century Ship and Its Cargo of Female Convicts The story of the first female convicts who were transported from England to Australia. Only a buck at my favorite thrift store -- how could I resist?

I just discovered a new meaning for "canoeing." Apparently it is a term applied to a malady of indoor-grown marijuana plants. The leaves curl, taking the shape of a canoe. I would have just called it "leaf curl," but that is my ignorance and my black thumb showing through. We didn't know...

Just wonderful, Patrick! A beautiful boat and fine craftsmanship.