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I agree with Christy. I recently painted some gunwales only to have it start chipping off. My solution was to make new ones but that is a whole different story. If you have a heated area to work in I think it should take a week or two. dougd

Peak 1 Stove! This summer I found mine, bought in the 80's as gift to me by a good friend. I used it for years and then switched over to propane. I pulled it out of storage and it had a full tank and all I could think was that is was screwed, been sitting for two plus years. I primed it, put...

Oh dang, I can't beat that Alan, I am still chortling like heck!!!! Thanks.

Tent poles! Slept under the stars that night and woke up more than a bit soggy from the morning dew. Hal once forgot his entire food bag. Good thing we had plenty between the rest of us! Bailer which doubles as...well a urinal while in the middle of the lake. Unfortunate for me it was a...

I'm going to experiment with mineral spirits and tung oil on a piece of left over wood from the Rob Roy rebuild. I'm using those two ingredients because I have them on hand and don't want to varnish the new gunwales. In the past I've only used straight tung oil. What ratio would be good for...

Thanks Mark, wish I could say it was mine. We had a lot of good photo's from that day much the same as posted. I lost all of mine in a house fire a few years ago. It was one heck of a day on a river that few run.

No Title This is posted else where but wanted to post it here as well. This picture was taken by my good friend Scott Bolser. I think it was around 2007 on the Pine River in Ossippie, NH. It was Jan 1 and it was 70 degrees out. We had a fog riding over our heads from the minute we got on...

Drove by a flock of turkeys this morning, maybe 15 or so. I see them all the time around here. Not being a fan of turkey we had lobster and haddock for Thanksgiving! Hope you had a great day! dougd

More of the Rob Roy rebuild is going on. I decided to use the original thwart and needed to do some rehab to it. Next is figuring out a deck and then some skid plates, Dynel only and then maybe a new paint job. If you care to read the write up scroll down to 11/23/16. It's coming along...

Years ago on the Merrimack River Hal and I setup my 4 man Timberline tent. Had pretty steady winds all day. Since was getting dark I thought I'd be smart and put a candle lantern (remember those?) in it, had a line strung for it. Well, we're sitting there around the fire and a huge gust of...

Alan is darning the same as sewing? I got some socks....! More work done on the gunwales for the Rob Roy. Clamp free, screwed and bolted into the cowling but more work to be done. The project that keeps haunting ya! Here's the write up, scroll down to 11/19...

Check is in the mail. Not much but every little bit helps I guess. Great site!

OK, McCrea, the snake picture is just a tad too much for this herpetophobiaist! If you want to get hit with a shovel in the head ask my old high school buddy about that after chasing me with a snake, true story! Yesterday saw the last gunwale for the Rob Roy steamed, bent and clamped into...

Today I cut and moved the in wale into place. It fought with a little which surprised me a little. Going to steam the last gunwale this weekend and get it into place. Still a lot of steps until completion but am finally enjoying working on this demon hull...

More on the steaming project and more of the Red Green setup. I don't how you others make it look so organized, nothing seems to work that well for me but heck I got it done. Write up is the same: http://scooter-bangortoportland.blogspot.com/2016/06/the-satan-project.html Scroll down to 11/8...

I'm thinking I'll fill the gap with a piece of wood G-Flexed in, sand the tip round and then top plate it. The deck will be larger then the original to hide the bolts. Still mulling it over though. If you need some of the bag stuff PM me and I can send you some, still have over 1400' of the stuff!

Side one of the gunwale rebuild is done, now on to the other side. I'm very happy with the way this project is turning out and it'll look like new when I'm done. Not doing any of this before I'm pretty pleased with how well it all works. I'm actually liking steam bending with the new...

It sound like this is a post about solo boats but I'll jump in with my experiences with one hull I have. Back in the day when money was tight I ended up buying a 158 Disco in 99'. I modified the heck out of over the years for sailing, poling and paddling. I've even rigged it for a rudder and...

Thanks Alan, I hadn't thought of using a drop cloth. Sometimes when I'm this far into a project I get tunnel vision plain and simple. The plastic sleeve works great though and heck, I have a lot of it to play with. Still learning this but it's the fartherest I've gotten to date. It is looking...

I know I've posted about this before but this time I actually did it. Using the 4 mil bag system I was finally able to get the wood to bend to the cowling the Rob Roy, a nasty up sweep and twist at the bow. It's been a painful process with many unsuccessful attempts. I may not be the sharpest...