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I don't know the answer to your specific question about varnish vs. epoxy, except to say I don't recall off-hand anyone varnishing the...

Having never built nor woodworked anything, I don't comprehend much of the building techniques you guys discuss. But I like to look at...

My canoe shop. Before the Nokomis Wood Shop. I've been tilting for about 15 years. Tilting will make sanding that Shouldered...

Well she floats! There is a lake a couple hundred miles south of me that stays ice free year round, as the lake water cools a power...

Went with the Salus Ungava. Found a place on line, no taxes, free shipping. Ordered the large for my wife, the 2xl for me. Colour said...

Looking great. I approve of your speediness :) As for the center line I shoot a laser down the center line, make a pencil mark every...

I’m a bit more than half way through The Gales Of November, about the sinking of the Edmond Fitzgerald and what it was like to be in the...

Currently working through East of Eden and The Brothers Karamasov at the moment... Don't know why I decided to have those two going at...

I recently finished Vanished Beyond the Map: The Mystery of Lost Explorer Hubert Darrell by Adam Shoalts. It was a fantastic read (I...

The nature center where I volunteer just got a donation of several canoes and about a dozen kayaks from a university paddling program...

I’m a bit more than half way through The Gales Of November, about the sinking of the Edmond Fitzgerald and what it was like to be in the...

I recently finished Vanished Beyond the Map: The Mystery of Lost Explorer Hubert Darrell by Adam Shoalts. It was a fantastic read (I...

Hi GIJane, I have a friend in the market for a tripper here in Maine, if you want to send more info, ill pass it along. Kevin

Full PPE to rough cut the sheets for the remaining forms. 5/8 MDF, AKA dimensionally stable compressed cancer.

All of my solo canoes are symmetrical and all have seats with the front edge, approximately 5" behind C/L. I find that any "fine tuning"...