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Thanks for pointing out the weight differences between the foam and cedar. That's a huge difference. Would the foam be rigid enough to span the form stations on a typical build with additional stations installed to cut the span down to about 6".

Curious to see what you come up with on your foam and glass test panels. Do you think the foam will be quite a bit lighter than a cedar core of 3/16". I think the foam by itself would be somewhat lighter but if it soaks up resin it's hard for me to guess what it would end up weighing.

Yea, I'd say Jim gets the best dressed man of the day award. Sadie looks right at home in a canoe. It would be interesting to see how she keeps her composure shooting the rapids.

Thanks for the pic Jim and the source for the tubing Alan, looks like a good set up. That dog looks comfortable in the canoe.

That boat looks good on the water. How did it handle?

Thanks for the varnishing technique Memaquay and Mike McCrea. Worked out great. Went all the way down the side came back and did the other, no visible line in the center where the two sides came together. Best of all no runs ,drips or errors.

Alan, post some pics of your new foot braces. I'm curious to see them now.

Lots of great Info here. S. G. how did the 5/32 strips work out for you on your DY speedster. Like everyone chasing a lighter boat I'm thinking ahead to my next boat. A 14' to 15' thin stripped stripper with a carbon fiber or carbon kevlar layer and two layers of 4 OZ S glass. Do you think...

Its somewhat of a plus to use less fill coats on the inside leaving you with a bit of texture for grip. I only use one fill coat.

Nice looking boat Merlin. Did you just shorten the spacing on the forms to get down to 14.5 ? What did you end up with for weight?

Good looking boat, like your stand with the rope supports also.

Nice looking country. Were those Bison nuggets in the photo next to the snowshoe?

While sea kayaks and solo canoes are as different as cats and dogs, they both move on four legs. I did a quick look at some specs for sea kayaks and was surprised to see that the width, height and weight are similar to a solo canoe. I'm guessing the biggest difference is sitting at or below the...

Thanks for the Insight Y.C. and D.B. I have never used a two blade either Euro or Greenland style so I'm soaking in as much info as I can. Most Info I find relates to Kayak use and mostly shorter paddles. Bending branches list their two solo canoe double blades at 260 and 280 CM making me lean...

Close to finishing my solo stripper and starting to look ahead towards trying a two bladed paddle to use with it. Right off, I realize lighter is better but I'm considering a Greenland style paddle because I could make one myself to give a two blade a try and not be in for $200 for the carbon...

No Title Good point Cruiser, I didn't think about a water problem. Here are a couple of pics of my slider. I appreciate everyones input, a dozen heads are better than one. I tried to strengthen the lower cross dowels and take care of the side to side movement with the legs that contact the...

Cruiser, The foot braces I posted looked like yours but had the red adjusting arm. I thought maybe a newer style. the dowel cutters you posted look like some top notch tools but i just got mine in the mail today. The price was right on these...

Good point on the bar instead of the foot pegs Alan. I was doing some research on the Yakima style footrests and ran across this company that sells the slotted track that might work with a spring loaded bar. Probably would need a stronger spring because of the slots not being as deep and some...

Cruiser, would you say these are the same foot braces you used. http://www.duckworksbbs.com/hardware/canoe-kayak/footbrace/index.htm

Nice work on your preparation. Have you decided what layup you'll use?