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I did encounter some slight deviation as I closed in the football but only minor such as I've had on other hulls and I know that I can...

Mixed results on tapering the herringbone strips. I started at the stems & allowed the strip to run off the side when flexed as much as...

I've always built with WRC. Maybe it has to do with the wood you are using ? If you have Faired your forms, the strips should lay...

As part of my plans, I'll need to be able to tilt this hull (before glassing the exterior) 90 degrees or so (side-to-side) and I lack...

Excellent research and information. Thanks for posting this! I'll be curious how you feel about the fit and performance after some real...

Not to mention a thinner flotation panel should help too. Thanks for sharing this outcome @SouthernKevlar

This summer, I came across a campsite-built shave horse on a canoe trip with my boys to Rocky Lake, near East Machias, Maine. It was a...

I have now chosen my new high-floatation PFD for paddling whitewater in my open canoe, and it is not a brand that most paddlers have...

High-calorie shake with protein powder and Oatmeal, raisins and/or dried fruit. To be prepared with water or milk. Can be consumed three...

Oatmeal for breakfast. Bannock with peanut butter for lunch. Quinoa, lentils, and dehydrated veggies with salt and olive oil for...

A cookbook for the guys out in remote fire towers. Today we would not want to portage some of the ingredients, but the recipes still...

Another vote for wet bags as ballast. They come with the added advantage of putting your fire dead out. Nothing is safer than dumping...

That looks like quite a bit of flexibility in ballast weight. Is each specific to a certain canoe or type of trip?

It surely is a niche market and I can understand the desire to have only one model. I sort of envision a fabric seat surface that can...

By the time I'd reached the top of the stem forms, the tapers were providing no coverage at all in the center of the hull so I moved to...