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RickR reacted to Patrick Corry's post in the thread Restoration of an early Chestnut Bobs Special with
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Getting close now. 4 coats of primer and one coat of color are on the hull. The outwales are fully shaped, sanded, and first coated... -
RickR reacted to Alan Gage's post in the thread Time to build again - Short solo/kid's tandem with Like.
Building canoes in the summer is hard. There are too many other things to do. Made a little more progress over the weekend. I always...
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RickR replied to the thread Poling in Maine.The poling clinic was my first experience with wood canvas canoes. I really enjoyed it. I like how they can be maintained and repaired...
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I agree, I met them at the Paddlers-Snow Walkers gathering in Vermont last fall, it was great talking wood canvas canoes with others who...
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RickR replied to the thread Poling in Maine.I attended a 2 day poling clinic last August with Ray and Pat. Ray let me camp on his lawn. It was delightful and I made a lot of...
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A nice article about poling a canoe here in Maine. I have met the guides, one of the few outfits that use wood canvas canoe with...
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RickR reacted to stripperguy's post in the thread New purchases that have been great, even game changers with Like.
Over the last 10 years or so, I've bought or made quite a few "game changers", all in the interest of lighter and/or more comfortable...
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RickR reacted to Alan Gage's post in the thread Time to build again - Short solo/kid's tandem with Like.
I woke up this morning and realized it was time to build another canoe. It's probably been 6 years since my last one. At the time I was...
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RickR reacted to eckilson's post in the thread Paddling and Poling on the White River in VT with Like.
I don’t know if this post should go in the Poling section, the Solo section, or the Tandem section, so I’ll put it here. We had nine...
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RickR reacted to Proud Mary's post in the thread Looking to build a low volume, poleable tandem to set up as a solo with Like.
I would recommend Gil Gilpatricks Wabanaki design. It's an excellent poling canoe, good on flat water, and gets the job done in...
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RickR reacted to sailsman63's post in the thread Looking to build a low volume, poleable tandem to set up as a solo with Like.
I can confirm from recent experience that Delftship free edition is still alive and well. For those that don't run windows, it behaves...
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RickR reacted to Cheeseandbeans's post in the thread Looking to build a low volume, poleable tandem to set up as a solo with Like.
Sounds like a fine project. I would also add that polers tend to like a flatter bottom as well. Bob
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RickR reacted to Alan Gage's post in the thread Looking to build a low volume, poleable tandem to set up as a solo with Like.
This sounds like an excellent application for designing your own hull. Do you have any experience with 3D modeling software? If so that...
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RickR replied to the thread Looking to build a low volume, poleable tandem to set up as a solo.I never considered this, but it's intriguing. I have no experience with 3-D modeling software so it may be a heavy lift. I'll think on...
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RickR posted the thread Looking to build a low volume, poleable tandem to set up as a solo in General Discussion and Advice.I'm contemplating building my second stripper with the goal of section paddling/poling the Northern Forest Canoe Trail. The accomplished...
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