Cheeseandbeans

I'll glass them but it's not going to be pretty in there --------------------------------------------------- Well, hull is closed...

Rods i’ve built or repaired always seem to find their way into the “favorite category”. Had a pretty good day today but had to cut it...

Like ppine’s Eagle Claw combo fishing rod, I have an old fiberglass Fenwick combo rod that went all over Alaska when I was a young man...

Years ago I bought a pile of sycamore and used the flat sawn and knotty stuff to make shop cabinets. The grain is kind of interesting...

La Voga Veneta (This is very much related to canoeing, I promise!) I first went to Venice in 2022. Of course, for a boat-minded person...

My knee-jerk reaction is against this idea. I think the lack of commercialism on this forum is increasingly unique on the internet...

I think the members here give good/poor/ bad reviews of plenty of products they like or don’t like. Having vendors advertising here is a...

I got the centerline cut out on Sunday and actually managed to get it in the center of the hull this time. I took a small drill bit...

Wellllll......I have to eat some crow now, and thank the heavens for a supportive wife who has not made me start sleeping in the boat...

Hid out in the boat shop again today (I could get used to this...) I stripped past the mid-point & called it quits. Should have the...

Not to further derail the thread but, out of curiosity, I just called Mike @ RAKA (same guy always answers the phone- extremely helpful...

Was going to chime in that it will likely be on the low side of 1.5 gallons (US) of mixed epoxy. I am just setting up for my next build...

Really impressive. Looking great! Bob

Today was spent building a reel foot, most of the day was occupied with “the special tooling” needed to do this. As that pile grew i...

Thank you all, much appreciated. Jim- sadly I don’t think I will build another strip canoe. I didn’t enjoy the construction process...