The Bear Mountain Boat Shop

How many, home built, boats do you have? 2 S&G kayaks from Doug’s boat plan. 2 Cedar strip Outer Island kayaks 1 Cedar strip traveler canoe Presently, No other boat project!!! Wife is now expecting from me to accomplish with same passion some renovations around the house!!!! :rolling eyes Gaetan

Thanks to everyone for your great comments.
In reply at Ealger, the accent strip is not at the water line, but only there for visual effect on the hull.

Thanks again!

Gaétan


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Just finished my Traveler canoe this weekends; and will probably do the initial latch shortly, but only after the varnish dry a little more. I would like to thank all contributors to this great Forum; I was able to get all information’s that I needed through this Forum and bringing easily this proje...

Having a special arrangement on my camper truck, since having a pop-out top, I was force to design my own rack. It results in something very practical and easy to use and probably interesting for others to build one. Pulling the bar on the side of the truck, facilitate getting my boat on top and att...

Craig,

Personally, I use the method shown on the link bellow for my hatch to keep the deck clean from any straps.

http://www.outdoorplace.org/paddling/Sp ... hatch1.JPG

Surprisingly, with the hidden shock cord, its still really tight and nothing is showing on the deck.

Gaetan.

I’m getting ready for laminating the inner stern & bow of my canoe and curious about best wood to use. I see that Ash seems quite popular for this on most Forum, so, what is the advantage in using hard wood versus softer wood like spruce or cedar?? Since I’m starting a Traveler canoe, and like t...