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I once bought a Jensen 16' solo downriver racing canoe locally that someone had painted camo. For some odd reason they thought it would be a good duck boat but after capsizing the first time they tried paddling it it got stored in a barn for 15 years or so. It looked terrible and there was a...

Yes, when I mentioned "that hypothesis" I was referring to the older hypothesis I'd heard rather than the paper you cited. I knew what I meant but probably could have been a little more clear. :) I did a little more Googling on this new hypothesis and didn't find a whole lot other than people...

Are we taking wagers as to how many days/weeks this pie lasts? I'll open the bidding with 4 days. Alan

You could try acetone but for paint covering an entire hull I'd be inclined to leave it because it sounds like a lot of work and I don't think it would bother me too much. Alan

I took the time to read the article now and it sounds interesting. The book I read that talks about the geology of that area, and explains how they believed the rivers cut through mountain ranges was written in the 80's or 90's so there could certainly be new information that's come to light...

I've been getting into geology over the last few months and have heard some about this. I don't think there remains much question of how it carved a path through the mountains rather than going around them. Multiple very high mountain ranges were created in that area and after millions of years...

It generally gets filled with thickened epoxy before glassing, which likely erases most of the weight savings. It can be a pretty messy process but I've taken to covering the thickened epoxy with peel ply which allows you to move, massage, and smooth the thick mass of epoxy with your fingers...

You'll find lots of things like that. As a first time builder many things won't make sense and you will often be bewildered by the multiple ways different builders do things. At least I was. I just wanted someone to say, "do x, y, and z." Instead I got all sorts of seemingly conflicting and...

The coats are so thin that I've never noticed any sort of clouding or haze. But, as I'm sure you're aware, we have different tolerances for such things so what might not be noticeable to me might be a sore thumb to you. ;) Alan

The boats all look pretty similar. Are there hull restrictions? Alan

All the dams around me in the Midwest were built to run mills of various types which are all long gone. They're small concrete low head dams. When first built all those years ago they created small "ponds" in the upstream side but now they're all silted in. Some were broken up, either...

I've dealt with plenty of bubbles after a seal coat as well. I find that a traditional seal coat often does not flow into all the small cracks and staples holes (of which my hulls have many). On the last few hulls I've mixed thickened epoxy, applied with a squeegee, and used that for my seal...

Nicely done. Thanks for following up. Taking risks with "non-traditional" DIY builds comes with big rewards and big consequences. Sometimes I question if it's worth it. Not that it necessarily had anything to do with the failure but I did a lot of reading on working with foam and composites...

Found it. No ending though. https://www.canoetripping.net/threads/foam-stripper-build.107522/

The idea has been knocked around. It seems like I remember someone building a foam strip canoe but I don't remember if it was here, elsewhere, or just in my imagination. Alan

All ACA sponsored events certainly prohibit the use but there are a lot of races outside the ACA umbrella that allow rudders or offer an "unlimited" division where pretty much anything goes. Alan

I don't blame you for not wanting to mess with it anymore but, for what its worth, the ones I uploaded were all from the full size image you sent me, letting the forum do all the resizing. I had the same result using downsized image as well. The forum has done a good enough job for me that I...

I had Marc e-mail me one of the images that is giving problems so I could play with it. I'm not quite sure what to make of it. If anyone understands what is happening I'd be happy to hear it. I've been going around with Chat GPT a little on the possibilities but one of us does not seem to be...

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It is puzzling. I never downsize images before posting them here and have not had any trouble. I'll try uploading a 4128x3096 image and see what happens: This was done via "insert image" (mountain icon at top). Looks good to me. Alan