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Here's another pondering question for you-all. After paddling a kayak for several years, i really enjoy having thigh and knee braces to handle a craft. now with my canoe(double paddle, sit on bottom)--i have the boat done up to putting in bulkheads and bow/stern decks---i went out and paddled...

I'd like to install a Beckson screw-in access plate to a wood bulkhead in my boat and not have the plastic show---the bulkhead is 1/8" luan plywood and has 1/4" strips on top of it. But how do i mount the plate to the back of the plywood? Can i just use epoxy--will that be strong enuf? I don't...

I am ready to install a thwart on my solo double-paddle canoe. i just glued on the scuppered inwalks and now i learn that many people mortice/tendon a thwart into the inwale. my inwales are thin, 3/8"(the scuppers are 1/4") , and only 5/8" high.....would the thing be by running one or two...

Question for you-all. I've glassed the outside of my canoe and seal-coated the inside. Now do i still have to time the inside glassing so the temperature is dropping(which means for me to be later evening, or can i glass during the morning/afternoon and not be concerned of the temperatures? i...

Grrrrr ! I had everything set to glass(my canoe) tonight, had the garage ready---i had ordered 4 oz glass from a company that i had ordered from before, and it came just in time today, but......they had not sent the glass "rolled", it was folded up in a 1' size baggie(and squished in a box) and...

question for you-all, i'm out of silica to thicken the epoxy for filling cracks on my canoe(just done stripping), i read that common flour(kitchen type) can be used instead of collodial silica for a thixotropic agent. anyone else try this? I'm filling cracks in white cedar so it will be a...

is there a noticeable loss of strength, or other problems that are lurking unseen, if i would use large-leftover scraps of glass on my boat instead of buying a whole piece?

I'm ready to start laying strips on my canoe, I have mostly northern white cedar to build with, a little redwood, a little red cedar. Anyone have any ideas and/or pics with this color of wood? thanks !

I couldn't resist tellling this one, hope it ain't too long, still makes me chuckle..... My first wetsuit. I was so happy to be getting it. I had been surfing without one for a couple months now, and the water never did warm up much that summer. Anyway as fall approached, I knew I'd better...