Jim Dodd

Hello! My name is Brandon and I was referred to this site by a member on another forum (if his name is the same here, Boonie). My wife...

If I'm not mistaken ZRE paddle blades are shaped foam covered with carbon. They definitely are not solid carbon. If you regularly paddle...

I posted this on the WCHA website earlier this week, but thought that I would post it here too. I am interested in the background of...

Canvas filled. Meanwhile I'll mill and shape the mahogany outwales, probably leave them clamped to the hull over the winter before...

You back yard buriers, keep in mind that I'm a clean living guy who can't accept "dirty money." So . . . please launder it first...

I buried it in a tin can in the backyard. I just hope I can remember exactly where it's buried. It's a lot of yard. Alan

Please note that this site from its founding in 2011 has been kept financially alive solely by virtue of voluntary member donations...

Grab handles, thwarts, and seat frames varnished: and installed (though not seats- they need to be woven): Grab handles are radiused...

The Save the Moose Campaign 2024 kicked off to a great start on the Canadian Thanksgiving weekend. It might be a bit of a stretch to...

I don't think there's any way you could pull the plastic staples that are in the forms. They would break in the process. I even had...

October 14, 2024 Some progress. Thwarts are rough shaped: Seat frame components rough shaped as well to mimic the thwarts. The cross...

I'd be concerned about those oil stains as well. Not so much from aesthetics but from adhesion. I'd soak the areas with acetone and...

It's yet another David Yost boat. I owned one for a while. I've owned quite a few solos and it impressed me. It's very stable. It's more...

I studied them, and passed on them. They are hard on your forms, they are more visible than a regular staple hole. More expensive. I...

I used them for half a build. I did not like them and switched to metal staples to finish it. They're thicker than metal staples and...