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    Ed's Canoe Knock-down gunwales?

    This is the the kind of scarf I would try and make on a bench. The Eds canoe scarf looks like it would be do-able on the boat for splicing in a repair. The short bevels would let you cut the joint a little "long" and sneak up on the fit.
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    Ed's Canoe Knock-down gunwales?

    I like this joint a lot better than a standard scarf with a feathered edge. I've seen those let go and the idea of catching a sharp edge while paddling makes my hands itch, like my ankles when there's a short handled axe around....
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    Free solo "trapper" glassed over wreck.

    13.5 feet by 40". Most likely spread. Most likely had shear cut down. Most likely need to lose a little more. Lousy glass job. Looks like poly resin and should peel off. Located Kent county Maryland.
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    Your canoe trip plans, hopes, dreams for 2022

    Still scratching towards the same goal going on year 3. Have everything set up so I can be on the water in 20 minutes year round, safely, solo, with out worrying the family. Parallel goal is have the fleet in order so that I can take the whole family out, A tandem canoe for me and the boy ...
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    Carrying a gun when canoe traveling just because

    Back in the stone age, I did a lot of shooting and was apt to have a gun on me to shoot as apposed to ward off any real or imagined threat. That meant a .22 pistol or a short Savage 24c Camper with .22 over .20 gauge. I had a peep set for the .22 and a flip up express sight for the .20 with...
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    Flat bottomed Alden Ocean Shell as decked canoe?

    One problem I see with sitting in the bottom is that the side decks don't have the strength to support my weight when getting in and out. Of the 2 hulls one has "crushing damage" on the side decks already so that that one would probably be the candidate for adding structure to. It also was built...
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    Flat bottomed Alden Ocean Shell as decked canoe?

    40 lbs feels really light for a 16 foot hull. The fact that they are 30 - 40 years old is kind of a trip also. I havent spent much time working with a double paddle, but depending on how it handles being overloaded a bit, it might be a nice portagible kayak or skinny pack boat.
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    Flat bottomed Alden Ocean Shell as decked canoe?

    I measure about 9" deep at including the side decks. The hull has more volume forward. It has a distinct cods head, macrel tail design. Quick measurement looks like my feet will still be in the open cockpit even if the seat is 12-18" forward of "center"
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    Flat bottomed Alden Ocean Shell as decked canoe?

    I saved a couple "ocean" rowing shells from a date with the dumpster. They need a bit of glass work, and the drop in rowing rigs and oars will be a signifigant investment, so I'm wondering how they would do as decked canoes. I'm having some technical difficulties getting pictures posted, so...
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    Boat cover fabric options?

    There are permiable hay tarps available, I think at tractor supply. If you put one of those over a shade cloth you might get the right ballance between protecting or stewing in juices.
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    Phone charging for power users.

    I use an relatively obsolete cell phone as a bike computer, with gps navigation and various Bluetooth sensors. The set up is a power hog so I run a bigger power bank and could get 3 days of every thing running pretty easily. The power bank is an Anker product, and the one thing I will do...
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    Solo camping and downwind sailing decked boat price?

    You might want add links to your build threads in this forum to your craigslist listings. A little education can cut down on the toe kickers.
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    Playing with Kydex Again

    I'd be tempted to put the whole assembly in the oven and see how the kydex "flows" when the entire piece is brought up to temperature.
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    Painting a fiberglass canoe..??

    I've got a Great Canadian that I paddled the heck out of for years. It spent a lot of winters under a cabin Down East and got borrowed quite a bit. Some of the cousins took it out in the fall and left it half in the water tied to a tree on labor day. Sometime After Thanksgiving I got a call from...
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    Addressing a canoe puncture in the field

    I duct taped the ends of a Merrimack canoe back together after the stems rotted out. I used surplus 100 mph tape which looked ok with all the ends rounded off like a bandaid. My cousins got another 3 summers out of it.
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    Klepper Kamerad (Fiberglass Solo Decked Canoe Conversion) ? Price

    Wow. Something to think about when I start drilling all those devaluation holes....
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    Wannigan or storage box?

    That is a beautiful bit of wood working. I would be afraid to take that off the canoe and use in camp. If I had something like that I would rigidly attach it to the boat as a dry locker and additional floatation. And the build a couple kitchen boxes that fit inside. Or a plastic cooler...
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