Recent content by memaquay

Here's a canoe race in Beardmore from 1968, wish this circuit was till going. I believe Verlen Kruger was the winner.

Thanks for the chuckle this morning Mr. Pitt! I am currently living in ball cap central, indeed, I even own a couple. I wonder what it would be like to move to a pony tail bro neighbourhood. I'm probably one of the most liberal minded fellas in the area, and yet the pony tail bros would...

I googled Pender Island, while sitting here amidst the misery of never ending winter. My new snowblower has been tasked with Herculean feats of strength this winter. Every second morning I am outside at 6:30 AM for two hours, Sisyphus himself would not have switched places with me, pointlessly...

Looks awesome! Love the cup holders on the top, great idea! Where did you pick up the bungee style closing straps?

Heel your curvy craft to your paddling side and you will speed right along.

If you copy Jackson Pollocks's name somewhere in there, all these creations could be worth a fair bit of coin.

I used to take some flack when I would paint a stripper, red or green. Thanks for taking the pressure off, lol. I do like it quite a lot, it certainly is unique, I can honestly say I have never seen a canoe like it.

Lol, that would be a hoot, especially when the Purple Martin swallow starts attacking our head gear after a couple of wobbly pops.

I've been on the titebond 3 express for a couple of years now. Last year, my students built over 30 paddles with it. this year we are at around 20 more. I ran out in January, and the truck carrying my amazon order must have crashed, because it got lost, so it took me over a month to re-supply...

I had thought about doing something like that, but two things deterred me: I'm probably not smart enough to do that, and I wanted to still have the full Pal forms in case I build another full size Pal. It will be interesting to see how it performs. Got the second set of stems glued up today and...

Started the Stems for the modified Pal solo. This is the 1/8 inch method, no steaming involved. Outer stem is maple, inner stem cedar. Took them off this afternoon, solid as a rock,no breaks.

I really like an asymmetrical grip in a straight shaft paddle. However, I'm not a switch hitter, I always paddle from one side. I find the flat surface against my palm is a nicer fit, and when turning the grip up for the end of the j stroke, it just feels better. A 57 to 58 inch paddle sounds...

Interesting, do the Wabakimi maps not provided waypoints for ports and campsites? I have a collection of canadian topos 1:50 in digital form somewhere, it will take me a few days to find them, but I'll internet them to you.

I'll probably reduced bow and stern height a couple of inches, but I still want it to look traditional. Once I have the stations set up, I'll be able to get a better sense of the proportions.

I'm on March break right now, a week off from school. When I get back, I am going to start the Pal solo build. I've got a couple of good kids for the entire afternoon, so I'm pretty sure they will be able to finish it before the end of June. The forms for the Pal start with one centre form...