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Memaquay, Yes the process is quick, but it takes a lot of expensive equipment to do the forming that has to be paid off, a different mold for each model of boat, plus those big sheets they heat up and vacuum form are custom made for each model of canoe so are likely fairly expensive. When Old...

Thanks for the vids, Glenn. I didn't think to look for any. Upside down seems to work well. Would sure make it easier to get the hydraulics supported for the end pushes. The hot ABS sheet supported by the table gets rid of the gravity problem for the upside down orientation of the mold.

I never saw it done, but that was the way it was explained to me by a Blue Hole canoe worker sometime in the early to mid '80s. Their early "Warsaw Rocket" hulls were pounded out by Uniroyal's plant, but I understood (perhaps incorrectly?) that they molded their own later on. The worker I got...

Recped, the extra layers are not visible on the outside because, like composite hulls, Royalex and Royalite were molded in a female mold. That didn't allow extra thickness to show on the outside, just the inside of the hull. The way Royelex hulls were formed was the female mold was placed on...

Another Canadienne, but not by Old Town. This was built by the guy who designed it, and OT later purchased licenses to build the boat from him. Actually, I built it as I worked for the guy at the time. It didn't have the gelcoat problems the original poster did, but did have some damage (caused...

I'm west coast and I've had no involvement in this, but I've read in the past of nude paddling events in New Jersey (common in the Pine Barrens?) done by a club or clubs in that area as taking place years ago. They were not races, just day trips, don't remember any mentions of overnighters, but...

I would agree with Gamma that webbing isn't inferior, but I'd consider it overkill for the purpose. Costs more if you don't already have it on hand and weighs more after it's installed, but neither of those may be a big deal to you. As to the strength, the weak point in the system is likely the...

I would agree with Alan here. It's like the "monolithic pour" that concrete workers like to do as the final product (structure) is stronger that way. It's usually not super evident in a canoe, but still has effect. Put as many layers as you can down and get them wet out at the same time or...

I'd agree with jdeerfoot. Get anything cheap to get on the water with the new boat, and trade paddles around with other paddlers if you can just for short trials to get some feel as to what you might want in material, length, grip, etc. I paddle mostly with 48-inch Wenonah bent shafts these...

Story of my life, too little (or too much), too late. Not putting the selvage (factory) edge down in my experience can reduce that quite a bit, but maybe it takes practice. I'd built quite a few boats by that time. The peelply down first would have been a partial layer, too, and that would...

I think you're overbuilding it a bit if you wanted a light boat, but if it's for the "kids" (and their kids?), you might want it that way anyway. One thing you could do to maybe make the job a little easier is put the Kevlar along the sides of the boat as the first layer, extending so that it...

Alan, Are you using the stripper as a plug to form a female mold over it and then take boats out of the mold? Or will you lay up the base layers of the hull as a "slip boat" off the exterior of the stripper and then add the inside layers, like the foam core and Kevlar over that after taking...

LP, I think that "waxy film" detail is just a descriptive term the Gougeon's use for their WEST System weakness as there should be no true wax involved. I think further applications of their product would even stick, though the blush would still show as that foggy, almost paraffin-looking and...

Nope, that happens to polyester resin layups that use the wax to exclude air to allow a complete cure. Most canoe laminaters who use polyester might use the no-wax equivalent to allow an interior gelcoat or paint to stick better. Polyester stays sticky for a long time (years?), though will cure...

In the early 1970s I worked at a canoe shop in Chicago, and a couple engineering students came in looking for design info. (This event has been around that long!) As I remember, the maximum length specified then was 14 feet and I seem to also remember that it was specified as "ferrocement"...

I do the same, Wenonah Odyssey 18-6 stern forward on a Dodge Grand Caravan because the sheerline puts the stern a bit higher for a better view from under the boat -- I can more easily see stoplights and such. With the bow forward, the boat hangs lower and I can't see as well. I don't care...

Went out of bounds, sorry about that Glenn.

Them Connecticut Yankees? < huge grin >

Yup, there's always doomers and gloomers everywhere. Don't sweat it Robin, you won't be missing anything at all. Nope, nuthin'! < GRIN > (that thing means it's a joke, so the rest of you watch away!)

Agree with yknpdlr. Those wanting to really see it try to get into the totality zone if at all possible. My house was within it for the 2017 eclipse, but only for 19 seconds worth, so we drove south to a friends house about 20 miles and got about a minute and forty-five seconds worth out of a...