The Bear Mountain Boat Shop

I am in Peterborough this weekend , stopped in today at Rona to look at the canoe. It looks great, Denis and his crew are doing a great job, it will be a great prize for the winner. It was nice to see Denis again, he was there working on it . He is still wondering how you knew about his birthday Glen.

Did you steam the joint ? Epoxy is not heat tolerant. Propperly done a scarf joint will be stronger then the the areas on either side of it. Did you coat both surfaces with epoxy and then recoat with epoxy thickened with fibers.If you can cut a taper with the tablesaw you can install an inwale , tak...

Hi Glen where have you been hiding. Erich the reason I keep saying to ignore station 1 is because it is a bit of an oddball. On the venture you could likely build without it since the stem is shorter then the other designs. In kayakcraft there is a picture on page 69 (2001 printing) it shows station...

I hear your pain! You know that the stem will cross at the same point that station 2 does so that is where your curve will start. I agree that there seems to be an error at the 12" waterline , 3/8" wont work , the plans showit should be 3 ", I just drew the stem up with the offsets gi...

the depth of station 2 is 12.25" station 1 is 10+5/8 " At station 2 the water line at outside of the inside stem is 12.25" The outside of the inner stem is even with station 2. At station 1 the outside of the stem cross at 10.5 ". I think station 1 is confusing you. Just ignore i...

I am not an expert at lofting, thats why I have 5 sets of purchased plans, but have lofted a set for experience. Maybe Glen can help you , doesn't seem to be around today. The plans show the height of station 1 to be 5/8" above the 10" water line. This puts it above the inside stem profile...

On the plans for the Venture station 2 has a height of 12.25 " and the stem station at station 2 is 11.25" . The 1" difference is to allow for the stem. The offsets are plotted to the outside of the stem so you need to take an inch off to get the shape of the stem station . I hope thi...

Look in the FAQ section of the tech support. There are revised offsets listed for the stems of all the kayaks in KayakCraft. Maybe you will find your solution there.

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Wow ! Great video , enjoy building your canoe. Welcome to the forum.

With east system I use the 834 hardner. I use west system addititives with it #403 when using it for bonding.

With 3/4 " you might be wise to get 70 or more. After looking at the canoe 60 strips would be to few. The last one I built had 7/8". The one I have here at home has 3/4. I don't know how much the price difference would be for you , but having extra is probaly cheaper then paying to have mo...

I think 50 strips would not be enough. Its better to have more than you need , mistakes happen. Are the strips 7/8" or 3/4" , you will deffinitely be short with 50 3/4" strips. IT is -20 C . here right now , when it warms up a bit I can go out and count strips on a Ranger

The Ranger is a nice canoe , I have built three , 60 full length strips will be fine. Good luck and enjoy ypur build

Very nice boat. It is hard to get that perfect epoxy coat , I am still looking for it ! Like Sherm said don't fret about the sheer , it will get covered, and yes you are right. don't leave that hull until the epoxy sets.