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I'm varnishing my canoe soon and made test with epifanes to small area of my canoe. It was sanded and had cured month before adding varnish. Now two weeks later it's still very tacky. I did not follow instructions about thinning varnish for first coat as I'm applying it over epoxy and not over...

I broke my primary paddle in last trip and now had to make new one. I really like ottertail shaped paddle. I have read that bent shaft adds efficiency. So, why no one makes bent ottertails? All bents seem to be these wide and short style... Also, is there point at making double bent...

This don't fall american trips category, but I Thought I'd share this anyway. https://www.flickr.com/gp/160875754@N08/eN5eN9

Hi! It's time to start building an another canoe. I was thinking of solo canoe with -ability to paddle in shallow waters, -light -good stability Is 13 feet too short to paddle comfort? should I build 14 feet? Previous canoe was north west cruiser and I modified it little bit. It's 900mm wide...

Could I use finger-jointed pine for building stripper? I could get it cheap from local company's surplus. It is 20mm X 6mm x 6000mm strips so it would be ready for routing.

Woodtechnic student from Finland here! Starting to build strip canoe. I have few questions: first, can I use two pieces of fiberglasscloth to cover outside of canoe? the pieces would go from front to end and seam is going to be at center of boat with overlapping of about 20-30cm. Second, can I...