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I had been carrying my Keewaydin 14 on my shoulder from the launch as well, BUT after seeing the other post about the Swift side pod seat mount popping off the hull, I thought better of it. It always made a strange creaking sound when I lifted the boat up from the one side, and in my head I'm...

A few years ago I purchased an automotive headlight lens restoration kit which came with several small sheets of emery from 2400 to 10000 grit. I can't tell you how many scuffs and scratches I've made disappear with that kit. For deeper scratches on Swifts, I use clear gelcoat from Evercoat...

Yes, Old Town Packs came with the white trim up until about 1983. $100 is a gift, surprised it's not sold already.

Oh, folks get the ID wrong all the time. But in this case they would have deliberately had the Merlin decal placed on the stern, so I'm thinking maybe it's legit. If it were here in the NE, I'd be inclined to pick it up and we'd know for sure.

You might be right about the Merlin Emblem, looks off compared to the catalogue. I had a Merlin II as well, but I can't see why anyone would try to pass a Merlin II off as its predecessor.

That is a beauty! Glad it's on your side of the continent; I really don't have the room.

Hey! That's my old Bluegill, sold her back in 2018. So, are you a business entity now, collecting sales tax and such?

Call me old-fashioned

Perhaps when he gets enough feedback he will rethink the change. I always thought the Hemlock logo was one of the classiest.

Kinda like the old Curtis logo placement amidships, and the old Canoe Country emblem on the bow.

I swear, that's the first thing I did, search within the forum. I must have fat fingered a word, as it didn't come up. Good advice on the Bing search engine, now dead to me.

I will occasionally run into Canoetripping.net posts when doing searches that, when pursued, cannot be found on the forum. Were they deleted at some point, and a phantom record remains? Is it possible to recover the post?

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That is troubling, since the person who posted this issue on the Swift FB Group was not alone. There have been a couple of other issues, such as delamination of their epoxy shield that was posted in the Group and then mysteriously deleted. They have a reputation for 'swiftly' making good on...

C'mon now, not RTV and not the equivalent of drywall poppets. Riv-nuts and Plus-nuts are industrial grade fasteners, used them alot at Eastman Kodak 30 years ago. Something going on at Swift though. Makes you wonder if the couple of pound weight reduction for carbon gunnels and seat pods is...

Wondered if you caught this over on the Swift FB Group? Jeez.......

Not the one in NJ? I've been looking for one because I'm too cheap to spring for a new Mayfly. In the meantime, I'm using a converti-pack, originally built by a home-hobbyist in Buffalo.

A concern I raised earlier. I have seen this before on sun-baked hulls, where the epoxy seems to have been 'cooked off'. Some folks apply a new coat of epoxy on the outside if the cloth is not too brittle. I was also concerned that the hull had been stored hanging from the lining holes; over...