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There's always my buddy Chuck Porter who cooks fish all kinds-a-ways. Just fast forward the video to the relevant parts.

It should work. I have used regular epoxy, thickened with sawdust, on a canoe with similar damage. Shaped it to fill some pretty deep holes, sanded it when dry, and repainted the entire hull, looked as good as new.

I have never tried this, but I wonder if parchment paper would work. I use it in the oven all the time, even at high temperatures like 450. If you had the grill high enough so that flames were not touching the parchment paper, it should be good to go. When finished, you could just burn the paper.

First time I heard that, I don't think it's the case, but maybe someone else can chime in. "Developing new pike techniques" made me chuckle, us Canadians usually develop techniques to avoid catching them, lol. A single hook is a great idea though, because it will not be uncommon for you to...

Darn pirates! I've run into these guys once in a while.

First time I ever looked at all those bear proof products. The cylinder style things look really nice, but why do they make them so small? In any case, I'm glad I'm still living in the dirty frontier, where regulations are lax and bears are still "afeared" of us puny humans.

I've got a sierra stove, and another one very similar but better. Very sturdy base, good fan system, one can burn almost anything in it. I admit to buying one of those rocket canister stoves a couple of years ago, and for what i do now, it is pretty good. But I still bring the old furnace...

Just checked in, expected to see a planked hull, what's going on, you lose a hand or something?

All of the paddles I have made in the past 15 years ha e come from Warren and Gidmark's book. The grinder with flapper wheels is a really good tool that most people overlook, probably because it is so messy. It is very fast though. An electric power planer is a really great tool for bringing the...

Wow, that Wilma is a lucky lady!

I'm not sure, but don't those things weigh in around 90 pounds? I don't believe the metal bar running along the keel was ever attached, I think the weight of people sitting in the seats provided enough downward force to keep the bar in place and stop the hull from oil canning. The rip in the...

I used to be in the dedicated masochist club, suffering was my thing, hair shirt stuff was my bread and butter. Pretty sure those days are over now. When we had trips with nice weather and easy days we would call them "uneventful". Not even sure I'm in the uneventful category anymore, hope to...

Video #1 - I guess this proves that a displacement hull will never plane, no matter what the horse power behind it is. I like their style though. Video #2 - What form of witch craft is powering that canoe?

Lol, forgot to post this one........I told the kid he was pushing the boundaries of good taste by mixing ancient traditions with modern tomfoolery. For those of you who don't hang around teenage kids, this is some kind of character from the video game mine craft. I got out for my first paddle...

Well, the extravaganza is over, yesterday was my last day of work for this year. I have been released into the wilds once again. Around 25 paddles were made between two classes, most of them were pretty good, nice looking and functional. I'm paddled out now though, won't be making anymore for...

Very nice pictures, sure looks like a lot of fun!

I think I just got that, good one, I laughed out loud!

Does this mean you won't be admiring my tramp stamp anymore? I'm sad, but totally understand that some people will be objects of use in the climb to supremacy. Don't forget, I've already offered to hook you up with a ready made family if you journey north, kids, dogs, cats and a variety of...

I would like to see more detailed pictures before passing advice on. The fracture in the bulkhead is strange. It should not affect structural integrity, but I'm wondering why it happened. The only thing I can think of is that it was stored upside down in the winter with water in in the bulk...

I'm also guessing that if the glass peeled off easy, it was polyester resin that was used, which is a good thing for your purposes. Epoxy bonds with the wood, giving a superior strength to the polyester, but is a bugger to remove. The reason I mention this is that if it is polyester, and there...