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They were not installed today. I like Boatman's idea of an insert. I've seen my buddy Dewey (my woodworker for the pieces that need machined) add "cookies" to dado'd joints and something like that would probably work. As it is, I'm going to have a gunsmith friend make up a metal jig so that I...

Thanks Mem. I don't really want to buck every bit of conventional building wisdom but I do try to understand the physics involved and it does seem that full-length glue-up on both sides would make it difficult to get enough pressure on the weak point to cause damage. (though I've been wrong...

Hmm... I'm epoxying the full length of the hull and screwing through the hull into the inner gunwale every 18 inches or so. I also epoxy the outer in place (no screws) making sure that I overlap the inner scarfs by several feet. I know the gunwales are structural but (glued, screwed and...

Awesome TR. Looks like some nice country and well worth the trip.

Well, Sunday came & went (maybe I meant next Sunday) but I'm back to making some progress. I got the inner gunwales fitted this afternoon & I probably do them a little differently than most. First, I loosely clamp them near the center of the hull so that they overlap (I've never tried...

Barn Swallows are great in lots of ways. Urban (OK, rural) legend is that lightning will not strike a building with swallows.

Beautiful job! Do you have a final weight?

Especially when camping & canoeing, I can appreciate caveman-like moments. I'm sure my first was a huge aluminum tandem in the Scouts. A few trips on local rivers and I was a lifeguard teaching paddling (row boats and canoes) at the summer camp. Didn't have a clue what I was doing but we...

I always get a few of those (sometimes more than a few). I like how that cleaned up.

I was surprised to see the Steel River loop on it & it seems pretty accurate except that it is missing the access from Eaglecrest lake. Personally, I'd much rather do the loop from Eaglecrest than paddle the length of Santoy. I played with it a bit to see if I could add the Eaglecrest access...

Wow, that looks great and the weight is awesome. Nicely done.

I think Scamp (Boler?) is still making trailers. I looked at a couple for my daughter before her career plans changed and they seem to hold their value pretty well. My first trip to Canada, I ran across a family of 5 towing one behind a tiny car. Looked like a pretty efficient set-up.

Ooo... that'll really darken nicely as it ages. I haven't tried Butternut yet... looks really sharp.

Welcome. The one the right looks like Sassafras. What are the others... Walnut with some sapwood? If so, what does something like that weigh? Anyway, nice looking collection.

I've never used them to load canoes but I have some plastic car ramps that might work. They are very portable but it's really hard to find any that give you more than 6 inches of lift. These look like they'd give you 9 inches (mine are about 10 but I can't find them anywhere)...

I have a white gas camp stove and a dutch oven. I take neither on trips these days but I DO like the upside-down idea. I've never thought to do that but definitely will now.

Quite an ambitious undertaking if you intend to map the entire planet. I messed around with it a little on 2 routes I'd researched previously and it showed required portages accurately on the West Branch of the Susquehanna (the portage around Curwensville Dam is shown as requiring a vehicle...

Welcome. I'd heard of the Buffalo and have considered paddling it but I wasn't aware of Big Piney either. Sounds like a good destination and it's great to see that there are some people willing to provide shuttle services.

I'm pretty sure that I stood on that same beach in Sept. of '23. (never gets old seeing a picture or YouTube video and thinking "I remember that place") It was tempting to paddle out onto the big lake that day but I needed to get home. Nothing at all like Glenn's video but I understand that...

Looks like a great way for some of our far North friends to dispose of some income. Whatdya think @memaquay?