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  1. Thestripper

    POLL: How do you pronounce portage?

    Fromage Fromage portage
  2. Thestripper

    "Momentum Matters": A Technique Essay by Marc Ornstein

    I've never felt like freestyle canoeing was my thing but in this setting I think it makes total sense and this is something I actually try to emulate on occasion.
  3. Thestripper

    An extra trippy Merlin.

    I've made a few surfboards that has similar color swirls as you have on your canoe. I've always had the best result using only yellow and red. Here's a picture of a board I shaped a few years ago. This has five colors on it; white, seafoam green, teal, dioxine violett and red. It's a bit...
  4. Thestripper

    An extra trippy Merlin.

    That is very impressive Gamma! I love it! You should name it "Furthur"
  5. Thestripper

    Bowron, First Solo, 1-3

    What is in this file? Looks suspicious.
  6. Thestripper

    Wilderness Express AKA Chestnut Pal

    I'm doing some sketching. Did you measure the beam at sheer or at widest point on the forms?
  7. Thestripper

    Cooking Fish

    It's not so bad to simply boil the fish in a kettle! I know it sounds a bit boring but it can be really tasty, it's quick and simple and you sort of get two meals in one. Clean the fish and remove the head and tail fin. Cut the fish in 3" pieces. Bring water to a simmer with a pinch of salt and...
  8. Thestripper

    Wilderness Express AKA Chestnut Pal

    Hi Mem. This sounds exciting with all that tweaking. I was just thinking that maybe it would be better to just scale the forms but only in the width dimension to make the canoe as narrow as you want it but avoiding the flat or no-curvature section you get in the middle from the method you...
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    In praise of cheap binoculars.

    I have had to use Vortex warranty on three occasions and they stand by their word. With the lower price products from them you can expect to use this warranty sooner rather than later but their higher priced segment has some good products. Swarovski has a very similar mentality when it comes to...
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    In praise of cheap binoculars.

    I've gone through a bunch of binoculars, both expensive and modestly priced ones and I love to use them all. My advice is to buy one pair that is expensive and then be happy for the rest of your life because that's how long they will last, and then some. The more known high-end manufacturers...
  11. Thestripper

    The New Swift/DY Redesign of the Dragonfly

    I haven't seen one in the flesh so I can't say anything about their finish however, Merrimack canoes are probably the most beautiful modern canoes out there, or at least arguably so. No wait.. they are! I belive some of the other manufacturers might have the edge when it comes to progressive...
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    The New Swift/DY Redesign of the Dragonfly

    Do you mean that handle looking thing? Swift calls it a: "Carbon Assist Bar - This support bar is designed to help a paddler get up from a seated position in a boat or as the ultimate handle for portaging." Next big thing could be a thwart handle-handle, so you don't have to grab the thwart...
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    The New Swift/DY Redesign of the Dragonfly

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

    The New Swift/DY Redesign of the Dragonfly

    Hi Glenn. Thanks for putting together the comparison. It's clear to see that the new Dragonfly has been changed so much that they should also have given it a new name. They seem to have a knack for reusing other models names though. Why this is I don't know but there can't be any good...
  15. Thestripper

    The new Swift Cirrus canoe

    Annoyingly, Swift names their new canoe "Cirrus" when there already is a canoe model named Cirrus. What makes matters worse is that Swift even had that first Cirrus in their lineup -the John Winters - Cirrus 18'. I'm actually more curious about the Cirrus 18' which looks like a much more...
  16. Thestripper

    How Does David Yost Build His Plugs…?

    This was a great interview with DY. Around 23 minutes in you get to see the prototype up close. Looks like he is using a inside keel (!)
  17. Thestripper

    Lofting Canoe Molds from CanoeCraft tables

    The pictures I posted are from the offsets in Canoecraft, those are not from your file and there is no automation in this case so there is no right or wrong order. What I was trying to show was how bad the results are when automating -curve through points- as opposed to drawing a curve manually...
  18. Thestripper

    Lofting Canoe Molds from CanoeCraft tables

    The reason I ask what method you use to make your curves is that I'm not getting good results when automating this. Simply put, a fair curve will not fit through the points from the table of offsets. Playing around with different degree curves and/or chord settings can make it better but it will...
  19. Thestripper

    Lofting Canoe Molds from CanoeCraft tables

    Well.. I did now and everything is there. I just didn't see it at first :sneaky:
  20. Thestripper

    Lofting Canoe Molds from CanoeCraft tables

    Thank you for that explanation! I think I will try your method if only I can wrap my head around what you are doing. That link you posted can't be the coordinates for a whole canoe since it's only 18 rows in two columns. If I understand it right those are the coordinates for only one station...
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