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Any of the woods you stated would be fine for your purpose. Thwarts are only occasionally and intermittently exposed to water so rot is...

For many years in Canada, the Faber work binding was the preferred one for people who used traditional snowshoes for work, such as line...

I'm thinking that since your contraption isn't a structural thwart, most any kind of wood would suffice, as long as it is treated to...

For future reference, you should get your buddy to use the jointer on all your boards. The first step of getting good strips is having...

Perhaps do some more reading about the general shape and design of freighter canoes. "Rollovers" would be extremely unusual. If you...

The 1986 Curtis Northstar I have is the Kevlar layup with gel coat, weighs about 55 lbs. Specs are... 16' length; 35" max width, 32"...

Hello everyone, I'm in the process of properly outfitting my Trapper 12' for lake and pond fishing and need to fabricate a utility...

Some pre-Super Bowl paddling with my Son on Willapa Bay.

A home made cover on a voyageur canoe racing in the Yukon River Five Finger Rapids. Myself in the bow, in one shot i am sumerged diving...

For this trip you need a splash cover - holy crap... I love when they climb on top of the up-side-down canoe and paddle it to shore.

The splash covers I ordered from Red Leaf Designs attaches with velcro. I asked them about the velcro verses the snaps and they told me...

Over here the german company helmisport makes covers with velcro for decades. They over no other way of attachment. The rest are...

I made custom covers for my Blackwater last year, and they've worked really well at cutting down wind resistance, especially from...

Thanks everyone for the responses. My closest paddling spot is a lake that's large enough to get some good wind, and since everyone else...

i used snaps on my hornbeck wood gunwale in the photo I posted above. But snaps can become difficult to use, especiallly if they get...