The Bear Mountain Boat Shop

It is a shame we can't get together and compare. That would be fun.

nice looking boat! reading the build page, the requirements your gf had were the same as mine, with the addition that i wanted to fish out of it. my answer was the bobs special. the width issue was less of a problem because, being symmetrical, sitting in the front seat facing backward meant it was ...

Thanks for the post ! I'm guessing you attached the seats to blocks glued to the hull. Did you bead and cove your strips ? Did you encounter any problems with sanding or glassing the shouldered tumblehome ? Thanks again for the post ! Jim The seats are attached to blocks glued to the hull. I feel l...

http://i59.tinypic.com/zntnw2.jpg Back in November I was building myself a Northwest Passage Solo http://www.bearmountainboats.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=4392 and that got my girlfriend interested in building herself a boat. We spent the requisite amount of time torturing ourselves over wha...

I was pretty careful with my epoxy work and made my gunnels smaller than normal. I also mounted the seat to blocks glued to the hull, which allowed me to loose any thwarts.

It came in at 42 pounds.

solo boat angled.jpg I recently finished my second boat, a Northwest Passage Solo. I built it out of basswood with the trim made from some French walnut that I had laying around. It is a 15' asymmetric design with a moderate amount of rocker. I built it for paddling flat, moving water and it is eve...

This is the deck on my Northwest Passage Solo that I just finished.