The Bear Mountain Boat Shop

Has anyone purchased the sailing rig from sailboatstogo.com ? It looks like well made rig and reasonablely priced , anyone have any feed back on this? it looks like it would be a fun add on the an already awsome canoe ( a Bob's special).

Thanks to all, Steve W.

I came across a sail rig here on the net called Sailboats to go. It looks like it might be a fun addition to my Bob's special canoe. Has anyone tryed this rig? My concern would be attaching all the rigging would it scratch my trim? And would there be alot of stress on my gunnels as the sail is attac...

Actually i just did a google search and found this web site, lloks like it has alot to choose from...http://www.cafepress.com/buy/canoe

Steve W.

thanks Glen ! I will check them out

Steve W.

Does anyone know where I could get strip built canoe related t-shirts etc?

Thanks to all, Steve W.

Hello there! I cut my sheer line on my bob's special before glassing, I transfered the lines of the shear line in pencil then kept scoreing the line with a stanley knife. It made a nice clean cut .

good luck Steve W.

Thanks Glen ! you have been alot of help here, I bet if you had a dollar for every time you helped someone on here you would be a rich man

Steve W.

:embarassed Ummm yes I guess that was really my question ..

Thanks , Steve W.

Hello, I hope this isnt a silly question...wellll here goes, when I and sitting in my bob,s special canoe solo the stern of the boat is slightly up out of the water, this seems common with canoes riding solo in a tandem canoe. Does anyone ride backwards in the stern seat ? The searn seat is more tow...

THanks Tim! I will be checking State farm insurance, I hope though they will just insure my canoe, I would really like to keep my other stuff where it is.

THanks agaion, Steve W.

For all who were wondering how much my canoe came in weight wise i weighed it yesterday and it is 60 lbs . And as for a name My wife liked the name "dad's dream" and is having a plaque made with that on :eyebrows And wellllll yeah I played hookie from work yesterday and we went canoeing wi...

Hmmmm well Kerry no I didnt weigh it but hmmm a bathroom scale i might have to try that once , stand it on end on the scale should work.....I think mine might be about 60 or 65 lbs but I will let ya know asap ;o)

Hi Mac! your boat looks beautiful! dont worry too much about it , the fill coats will help hide it some anyway. I would hate to cover such beautiful wood with paint but thats just me. Hey talk about flaws, come and look at mine I could point out several, but I havent had anyone yet notice any, and I...

Thanks again everyone for all the help and coments, this site has truley been alot of help! Here are a few pics of my Bob's special . A friend of ours has a nice little pond in his back yard and invited us to put our canoe in the water. And after toasting with some champane ( the grand daughters eve...

Not sure if this is the right fourm for this, sorry if its in the wrong place.....anyway I called my insurance agent (american family) to see if i could get some coverage on my bobs special canoe. He said my home owners policy will cover if it is on my property but not once it leaves i am SOL. He sa...