Recent content by Gamma1214

Nope. Straight from the horse's mouth is always best. One of my best friends will tell you how to build a clock if you ask what time it is... you are not alone. ;)

Wow. That's a lot more complete answer than I was typing. I was going with "I dunno, but I think it'll be OK... Do a test first if you're in doubt; buy new if it absolutely has to hold" (pretty much the cliff notes version but it's nice to know I wasn't far off)

:LOL: (seriously?! I highly doubt it but "drop dead" schedules can make people do odd things) Please explain this "rationing" concept... That seems completely foreign to those of us who lack self control. ah... but are they enough to share if the supply of drinkables runs short? (Nice cliff...

Just a few random thoughts: In his final analysis, he solved the icing problem in the car by cracking 2 windows but didn't unzip anything on the tent to increase ventilation & mitigate the moisture so I'll disagree with his final rankings. I also wonder how much testing he actually performed...

I'd probably epoxy a couple layers of s-glass over them but that would be influenced by the fact that I have lots of glass scraps from trimming footballs on strippers. I've never tried peel ply or kitchen wrap... might have to someday.

I like the 230 mph part but even a $50K deposit will seriously cut into my speeding ticket funds so (roof rack or no) I'll probably pass.

I took some scrap wood & made a small cradle that mounts on the strongback. I used ratchet strap webbing & by keeping it short, I don't get a ton of swinging when I'm scraping Well, maybe not "scraping" exactly... I use a sureform rasp to remove all the glue globs and most of the high spots...

My Summersong has a sliding (fore & aft) seat with 3 height adjustments & it's really nice. I have yet to figure out how to build one for my strippers but never say never...

Well, crap. It seemed to me that scaled & loaded proportionately, it should paddle the same except you'd need 15% smaller waves or risk taking on 15% more water in long wave trains. (although I DO suspect that reducing the hull by 15% would reduce capacity by a much larger percentage... maybe...

It looks a lot like mine. Like Alan, I feel a little better knowing that I'm not the only one. Looking good to me but I'm not ready to try this type of build yet (so I'll enjoy watching yours even more)

So far I've built 4 strippers and my favorites at this point are the John Winters designed Raven and the Alan Gage designed Bloodvein. Both are high volume, wilderness capable trippers that are a pleasure to paddle, handle moving water very well and both of those builds came in reasonably light...

I have to admit that I DO wonder what I could get one down to if I used Northern White Cedar but I'm very happy with the results I've been getting with local (mostly "junk wood" species). Maybe someday if I run into a Cedar that simply must be cut down...

As mentioned above, the 39# weight & the way it paddled in moving water both left me thinking that it might be the preferred hull on the next portage-heavy trip North. The extra football layer on the inside will help with impact resistance but I felt that I should have a bit more abrasion...

Like Alan, I think the draw is easy access, easy to find ports & the fact that people know about the BWCA. I feel like it's also far easier to plan an "escape route" in the event that someone finds they are not up to the adventure or to find help if they're a bit out of their depth. My 1st...

Best part about tripping IMO is when there are no schedules. I've recently finished transferring all pics & videos from the sd cards to an external hard drive so I have 10-12 empty cards for the next trip. Always stresses me out to erase the cards though... "what if something goes wrong with...