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      Jim Dodd replied to the thread Hatchet or Saw?.
      Saws are safer ! But Axes are fun ! I take a saw. At my Age I don't need to cut much wood, and definitely don't need to lose any blood...
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      Jim Dodd replied to the thread trial runs.
      Now I'm Hungry ! Thanks ! Ha, love new recipes. Jim
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      Jim Dodd reacted to carpenter's post in the thread First paddle of 2025 with Like Like.
      Finally made it on the water - two days earlier we had sun and warm weather, bare ground, canoe was on the car but got too busy. Friday...
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      Jim Dodd reacted to eckilson's post in the thread Racing in my tripping boat with Like Like.
      We did not win. We were in the OC2 Master (AKA Old Fogey) class, which only had two boats. We started first, and the lead changed 5...
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      Jim Dodd replied to the thread Racing in my tripping boat.
      Fun video ! Definitely Challenging ! Did you win ? I'd consider Finishing as Winning ! Thanks ! Looked like fun ! Jim
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      Jim Dodd reacted to eckilson's post in the thread Racing in my tripping boat with Like Like.
      I'm not much of a racer, but there is one race in CT that I have done several times - the Scantic Spring Splash downriver race. Its a...
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      Jim Dodd reacted to Cruiser's post in the thread Solo on the Light Side with Like Like.
      Not as flashy as the Trippy Canoe, but I did manage to finish off stripping, albeit in a more traditional manner. The new hold down...
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      Jim Dodd replied to the thread Solo on the Light Side.
      How the strip ends match up on the center line, of the football, isn't critical in how the hull preforms, but it is pleasing visually...
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      Jim Dodd reacted to Gamma1214's post in the thread An extra trippy Merlin. with Like Like.
      I fished some more Cherry out of the barn for gunwales, trim, more paddles, whatever and then stopped by the shop & flipped the canoe...
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      Jim Dodd replied to the thread An extra trippy Merlin..
      Good ! Thanks for putting my mind at ease ! I'd say you can relax about the bonding issues. I've always said when in doubt ? Test...
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      Jim Dodd replied to the thread An extra trippy Merlin..
      Flip the piece, glass side up, and test. That will test the bonding strength of the epoxy. You want to test the bonding ability, more...
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      Jim Dodd reacted to Cruiser's post in the thread An extra trippy Merlin. with Like Like.
      Yes
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      Jim Dodd reacted to tketcham's post in the thread First paddle of 2025 with Like Like.
      Saturday 22nd outing. Leicester River flooded forest. Earliest I've ever been canoeing before, at least in Vermont. I was with a group...
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      Jim Dodd replied to the thread An extra trippy Merlin..
      Yeah not something I would try. Bonding depends on the make up of the paint. Back in the Polyester Resin days, I heard stories of...
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      Jim Dodd replied to the thread Wood Glue versus Epoxy.
      Gunnels get a lot of stress, but paddles, the most, in my thinking. If Titebond III, has worked for others, on paddles, and gunnels ...
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