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Ahhh yass, my little chickadee! “Last of the big spenders from the Eeeast.”

Aye god - a wooden boat is a thing of beauty!

Chewing that elephant in three chunks was a good idea, Andy. One side/end/corner can start to set up before you can get back to it And you’re right about the keel causing wrinkles etc in the center. On a smooth bottommed boat, I have done one side of a boat at a time, overlapping on the keel...

I hadn’t heard the background. Thanks for the fill in. It was mentioned in there to tip your server. I’m pretty conscious of tipping. It has to be pretty bad before I fail to tip. My standard tip is 20%. A friend once told me something her Dad used to say. “I tip heavy when I receive good...

Yeah, why?

When I bought my first canoe, and brought it home, I told my wife, “I named the canoe after you.” She was all excited, and ran out doors to see it. Surely enough, stenciled there on the boat was “AFTER YOU”.

Michigan is similar. Canoes and kayaks need no registration if paddled. BUT, when my late wife wanted an electric trolling motor on a canoe for when she went fishing, it had to be registered.

Thanks for the views, Andy.

✔️

Though he isn’t a real super human, he’s close enough for government work.

Lots of bruises along the way.

Good on ya, Kajun. I’m a year and a bit out ahead of you. I don’t get headaches - I give’em.

A difficult, multi curve panel.

I’m thinking that the dowel doesn’t really need to be any thicker than, say, 3/8”? It adds a lot of flexible strength, and is lighter than thickened epoxy. Dowel does not have to be buried out of sight. Might be easy to ger carried away there?

I concur.

They always impressed me as a boat built in a dirt floor garage. By a guy who made it through third grade - the second time. Who drank a case of beer while building the boat.

Sometimes, Jerry, when I check - I get surprised.

When snacking on a paddler in a wooden boat, both gators and bears are known to comment, “I just LOVE these things! They’re crunchy on the outside, and tasty on the inside!”

Crafty!

That’s a good idea.