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I use the Bill Mason style harness and have to say that it certainly is the way to go! Although Bill only had one loop under the hull I...

...and which shoulder? Connected to which element of the stroke, upper or lower hand? Less surface area and investigating shaft length...

Yes, that 2nd image you posted is what I was thinking of. Another one here: When I've build canoes with decks I ran the decks all the...

Nothing wrong with that but normally the inwale would die into the stem of the boat and not continue to the exterior. The outwale would...

How did the inwales make it outside the hull? Is there a notch cut in the boat for them to pass through? Alan

Glue in wood wedges. Jim

Does your ZRE hurt your shoulder? If not I'd recommend using it for moving water as well. I've put many hundreds of miles on my ZRE...

Which shoulder hurts when you paddle? The top hand shoulder or the bottom hand shoulder? When I first began seriously canoe paddling I...

Hey, I am not happy about this cutting into my cashew supply. :eek:

Epoxy. No vinylester options (that I'm aware of) w/ RAKA. Incidentally, I messaged Ecopoxy about using it to build strippers (and the...

I don't know. Just speculation. It certainly stinks a lot worse than epoxy and while I'm sure epoxy has its hazards as well I usually...

Is epoxy actually the outer surface? Aren't they using something to coat the epoxy for UV? I'm sure not all epoxies are created equal...

A couple of screen grabs from Waterwalker https://www.nfb.ca/directors/bill-mason/ (possibly geoblocked?)

It seems I recall commercial builders saying that a 50/50 ratio of cloth to resin is ideal (I might not be right on those numbers) and...

I never kept track of how much epoxy it took when I was building my composite boats because it would have been too depressing. I'm sure...