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I use a CCS Lean 1+. It has a separate ground cloth that I often don't use when it's dry. It can also be spread around obstructions. I...

I like them all, to get the students to make such nice paddles takes a special talent, well done.

Really nice work. Take any photos of the talented craftspeople holding their paddles? They should go in the Yearbook for sure.

Well, the extravaganza is over, yesterday was my last day of work for this year. I have been released into the wilds once again...

Thanks everyone! I got the varnish sanded off the seat and noticed "OCT 2005" branded/stamped inside the frame. I sanded around the...

Well, if Paul or you ever decide to get the bare hull down out of the rafters for inspection, the stems may help narrow the...

Pseudonym, if you get tired of trying to salvage the wooden parts, they are made by Ed's Canoe: https://www.edscanoe.com/becareco.html...

Removal of the caning in the seat was a CHORE that I underestimated. A dear friend of mine has learned to cane recently with a group of...

As I put together my plan of attack, I was glad to find @Mike McCrea's very comprehensive rebuild thread for his own Yellowstone. That...

I've just begun to rebuild a Bell Wildfire/Yellowstone RX that I was gifted last summer, from @saltandsky. He was kind enough to offer...

Over the past two days I got all three big panels sewn together. I found some thin webbing and decided to use those instead of the...

No worries, I wasn't offended. I was going to explain in my earlier post but didn't. I guess I didn't explain well enough that the bolt...

It seems like the European market is mostly centered around Royalex and T-Formex canoes without a lot of lightweight composites. At at...

O.K. I didn't mean to offend you. I didn't realize that there is also an ultra-lightweight fraction in the sport of canoeing, who do...

I figured that would look funny. I'm going to do a lot more rasping and sanding than just those ends. The yoke is beefy enough for a...