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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'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...

Deerfly and horsefly are also available. The possibilities seem endless in fact. Tse Tse Fly anyone?

I honestly think that SuperFly would have been a better name for it. Or SpanishFly..

They referred to it as the Dragonfly XL initially. I lobbied for SuperFly. It would have a theme song and everything. Seriously...

I strongly doubt anyone owns the name "Dragonfly." In the U.S. that would require a trademark, and I strongly doubt that Dave Curtis...

My question is when do you call it a re-design rather than just a new one? There seem to be a lot of changes to be considered the same...

Hi Glenn. Thanks for putting together the comparison. It's clear to see that the new Dragonfly has been changed so much that they...

In collaboration with the ubiquitous and eternal David Yost and Jeremy Vore of Redleaf Designs, Swift has redesigned the legendary, if...

Way too much time out of the steam box. Between walking across the yard and clamping on the compression strap and slight fiddle with the...

Annoyingly, Swift names their new canoe "Cirrus" when there already is a canoe model named Cirrus. What makes matters worse is that...

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...

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...

I did a spur of the moment trip to the Oswegatchie recently and it was a great time. I planned to spend three nights up there poking...

Stripping is moving along pretty well .... This is a pic of the last strip before I remove the Bow support piece and a closeup of...