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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...

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...

Saw this on CL and thought I'd post it here. It looks to be in pretty good shape wood wise and they say it needs new canvass. Thought someone here might be interested. It's in Glen Falls, NY. http://glensfalls.craigslist.org/bod/5832565151.html

Since 2002 a bunch of us have taken off for a spin off of the Maryland Gentleman's Trip. Thanks Mr. McCrea. This year we headed out to Aziscohos Lake in Rangeley, Maine. Six players, six boats of various types and vintages and we had an excellent time. Here's a link to my write up if you...

I've been working on a project for a while now that now requires that I stem wood to get the bend and angles I need. So now I'm in the process of building a steambox. I've done a lot research on this but am now looking towards folks who actually do/have done this for some advice. Here's my...

Saw this on CL in NH, new listing. I'm not selling. Thought someone might be interested: http://nh.craigslist.org/boa/5688273618.html

I had some small holes to fill in one of my projects, the never ending one! This morning I decided to try something new. Since I was working with a small hole to fill in wood I opted to try out using a syringe and a small amount of resin (G-Flex in this case). I put the syringe in the bench...

Took a short jaunt on the river today, poled upstream for about a mile and a half and then drifted back to the put in. With the lower water levels this year I was amazed at the scum that collected on my canoe. It was especially thick at the put in to the point that when I threw the straps on the...

So Ol' Hal the Gullboy finds a treasure, an 83' Kevlar Explorer set up for sailing, with the sail, the mast step, the rudder and leeboards for short cash and some beer. If I stated the price you'd be jealous, like me, and mad as heck that Hal got it! Now here's the messed up kind of thing...

I have a Bell Rob Roy 15 in Kevlar that needs new gunwales. I am looking for aluminum round profile gunwales. I would prefer a one piece but a two piece would work as well. What I'm looking for is a manufacturer who'd ship them with a shipment of canoes to cut down on costs. If anyone has any...

Saw this on FB this morning: http://www.canoekayak.com/canoe/rides-alan-gages-16-5-custom-bloodvein/#UGjsQLHooQ9OVE49.97 Good read! Congrats Alan!

I need to bend some gunwales for the Rob Roy I picked up. I already tried to clamp them into place and force them like I do on my 16' canoes but they are too short and I hear a lot of protesting from the wood. I am thinking about just soaking them in water for a day or so and then seeing if I...

I've been working on boats for a number of years now and have had some "mishaps" happen. I'm sure we all have had one in one manner or another. Today's was painful yet comical as I could have prevented it. To make a long story short I was taking a set of gunwales, 16' 6", from one boat that...

Had the fortune of picking up a Bell Rob Roy this weekend. It's a 1997 and of course needs a little work here and there. I can paddle it as is right now and once my back is up to it, threw it out again last night, I'll be taking it out for a test spin. For its age it is pretty darn good...

I truly hesitate to post this here as there are so many great craftsmen but thought I could provide a few chuckles for you all at my lack of skills. It was really a project I wanted to do after it got buried into my brain and went ahead with it despite many thoughts against doing it. Sometimes...

Since 2002 a group of us have been going to one of the lakes up north, usually Lake Umbagog. For the last few years we've been staying on the Rapid River at Cedar Stump campsite. Not bad considering it's cheaper then going on Umbagog and we don't have to move every couple of days or get...

Many years ago two of us started a trip from the banks of the St. Lawerence to the Gulf of Maine. We made 400 miles in the first push, several years later 160 in the second push and finally this July finished the last 50 miles or so. All by canoe and following ancient canoe trails that Hal the...

I picked up a kevlar Mad River Malecite and am at the point where I'm building new decks. Not a big project but I am using the last of my coveted Butternut wood. It's a nice wood to work with and MR use to make a lot of their decks with it. I started with an eleven foot board by six inches wide...

CanoesWithDuckHeads, CWDH, made the journey north from Maryland and managed to get a bunch of us Northern boys to run a gem of a river. Bigelow Brook doesn't run often but with this rain and snow melt from this winters ravage, that would be snow, it was running hard. Seven of us showed up and...

There is truly something wrong with me. With 7 hulls already I'm slotted to pick up a Mad River Eclipse in two weekends. Had one and sold it and have secretly cried about that for a while now. Saw this for short change and just had to have it. Best part is I don't have to do a thing to it...