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Haha. Them's fightin words around these parts. Float trips, the Ozark regional pastime. I'm all too familiar with the "float" stigma and I have certainly participated in such booze fueled downriver expeditions, but I can't help myself growing up around here, that's just what we call all river...

Most first aid kits don't suit my needs very well. What do I need a hundred bandaids for? Death of a thousand cuts in the woods? My kit is minimal and I'm more concerned with serious injuries like broken bones or cuts requiring stitches. A FEW band aids, antiseptic, superglue, duct tape, and a...

Trout for breakfast, lightly breaded and pan fried with some bratkartoffeln (German fried potatoes). For the breading, flour and breadcrumbs with some dill, no eggwash, just some oil on the fish and into the breading once, then into the pan. Any white fish will work, the light breading doesn't...

You can also put some paste wax over the oil for some water repellency. Wax over oil is an old standby in woodworking, I haven't figured out why most canoeists don't wax paddles or trim.

Did those other folks write books or trip reports because I'm still waiting on that Skwid guy to finish his. Just giving you some crap.

You could also look at the Northwest Tadpole if your deciding between a kayak and pack canoe. It can be built at 13 ft. Sit on bottom with a kayak paddle or kneel with a canoe paddle.

I liked the marked double cups method for big jobs. I use a digital scale for everything else. RAKA still has 9 oz. as far as I know. Last year I talked to them they said they had plenty unless I was building a battleship.

Yeah. I've never seen 4 oz Kevlar before. I do have some 29. The weave is much tighter than 49. I have an unfinished hull up in the barn rafters. I had a bad epoxy pump that threw off the mix ratio. crap happens.

I'm guessing I'm too late to offer any help. I use 9 oz biaxial. Never used the 8. I put 2 layers on my guideboat. I had the first layer soaking wet when I put the second on. If I recall the resin would slowly seep through while rolling on the next. Kevlar soaks up resin slowly and it just gets...

Yeah, but did you jump on it? 😃

I like Lantor coremat. I've used 4mm in the past. It is easy to shape to the hull. It does soak up resin so it's heavier than foam, but I feel it becomes a structural part of the laminate, not just a core. Tradeoffs. Stripperguy uses divinycell 4 lb density I think. Check out his thread on the...

Welcome aboard. Regarding ribs v core, eliminating variables like core material and thickness, a full core will be stiffer than ribs. If stiffness is the goal for flatwater efficiency then a full core is the way to go. A hull with ribs will be more flexible therefore more forgiving under...

Alan, truer words... Final warning and I'll let you be. With window shrink film alone there is no bond between kevlar and mold. I don't see what the added dacron is doing? A Rizzetta canoe mold is not the same as a male plug. I don't think the tumblehome is so much the issue as the stems. The...

I'm going to echo Alan here. I sealed the ends on two of my kevlar glass boats. The molds I used to make were foam and drywall mud covered in window shrink plastic. The first shell not sealed popped off with ease. The two with sealed ends, I worked for hours with thin metal shims compressed air...

No Title Mike, I think you posted about it here at some point. I-70 across Kansas is pretty bland to say the least. Get off the highway and it's much better. I'm from the hilly parts, there's still only trees in the valleys. I like it that way though, can't see any distance in the woods. Alas...

It's a lot wider than an antenna. According to the manufacturer it's all stainless with brass rings inside so it won't rust like an antenna. You won't regret it. You can always attach some tubing to it. I've been thinking about doing the same after seeing yours. I like the idea of sitting in my...

Similar to your boots, a pair of wetsuit pants for wading in cold water while I'm poling in the winter. The full wetsuit is too much and a pain for bathroom breaks. Also the pocket bellows...

There was a herd in the next pasture where I grew up. Most people were always excited to see them. I was used to them so I didn't get the fascination. One would get loose from time to time and end up in our yard eating from the bird feeders. I hear a lot of people say they're mean, hard to work...

Vs a steel one? Yes

Looking good Jim.