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Still more trial fitting.

I used a router to cut an arc on the aft edge of the breasthook, same as with the deck. I also used a router to round over and bevel the aft edge, to prevent injury if someone contacted it accidentally.

First trial fitting.

Now it's time to make the breasthook, a major structural member that holds the bow of the boat together. After much trial and error with mockups, I decided to follow Greg Rossel's instructions from his book, Building Small Boats. I made a simple jig and glued up a breasthook blank made from...

I also used the router to cut a doubler for the hatch, and a doubler for a possible cleat. Here the underside of the deck is ready for epoxy coating. I used a plumb bob to make sure the centerline of the deck was aligned with the centerline of the boat and mast step.

The circular saw and sabre saw did not cut accurately. The bandsaw did a much better job. I laid out an arc of a circle on the aft edge of the deck. I cut it with a spiral upcut bit on the router, using a simple jig.

Thanks for the tip! Mr. Hubbard's journal is an appendix to his wife's book. I couldn't read the whole thing. I stopped when he was in the early stages of starvation due to lack of fat and carbs in his diet.

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SOLD -- Thanks for looking.

Mina Benson Hubbard, A Woman's Way Through Unknown Labrador. New York: McClure (1908). This classic of canoe literature has probably received mention previously in this thread. Leonidas Hubbard, Jr. became lost and died in 1903 while exploring a route across Labrador. In 1905 his wife set...

WANT TO BUY OR TRADE: Lightweight solo canoe. 14 ft +/-, ~ 40 lbs. For rivers up to high Class II, but also reasonable for old guy to portage. Need capacity for camping gear and/or dog. What do you have? PM on this forum.

FOR SALE OR TRADE: Esquif Prospecteur 15. T-Formex, 2021 model, excellent condition. Great boat, maneuverable, dry, high volume, forgiving,safe, stable. 60 lbs is too heavy for this old geezer to portage. Located Shenandoah Valley, VA. $1200. PM on this forum.

Canoe is SOLD. Thanks for looking.

Mr. P., thank you for a serious viewpoint on this topic.

I'm assuming that some of the forum members have facial hair, that some make sawdust, and that the two subsets overlap. Here is the official Centers for Disease Control chart of facial hairstyle dos and don'ts for respirator use.

We have to wonder how the researchers ever got a grant to conduct this study!

17 ft Grumman aluminum canoe, excellent condition, with factory sailing rig. Exciting 65 sq ft sliding gunter sail with aluminum spars. Philippine mahogany leeboards w/bracket, original aluminum rudder, outboard motor bracket. "Shoe" keel for river use. Located Shenandoah Valley, VA. $600...

Apparently this Digestive Disease Week at Medscape. (I dunno how the spiders got involved.) Although it is unlikely that canoeists will ever administer first aid for gluten transferred by kissing, more knowledge can't hurt. This study, with a very small N, suggests that the risks...

Medscape quick quiz about creepy crawly things that may cause first aid incidents: https://reference.medscape.com/viewarticle/879799?ecd=WNL_fastquiz_250510_MSCPEDIT_etid7414107&uac=389934HN&impID=7414107

I used the joggle stick and marking board to lay out the curves on the sides of the deck. I have become smart enough to make a mockup from cheap underlayment, before cutting expensive marine plywood. Then I cut out the deck mockup. I used a circular saw with a brand new sharp plywood...