The Bear Mountain Boat Shop

Thanks, Glen
I was re-arranging my Photobucket site, and forgot about the link.

Greg

Sweet,
That's the one I want to do next.

Please keep us posted and post pics.

Nothing like cruising canoe porn late at night....

Greg

Larry, I did do a laminate on the rails. The lighter colored wood is Maple. The dark wood is an African exotic called Merbau. I came across it in a hardwood specialty shop in California over 10 years ago and have never heard or see it since. I built a tool chest out of it. It is extremely hard (high...

Larry, i started with the Geeen Valley instructions that Glen sent the link for and made a few mods for the slider I built on my last canoe. I just didn't want to spend the time doing the steam bending. Here's a few of my pics: http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y258/canoeblderinmt/Seats%20Thwarts%20a...

Larry, i don't have a hard and fast answer for you but a few things to consider: 1. What type of canoing will you be doing? WW, calm lakes? 2. Weight of paddler. 3. Single or dual paddle? I would think a single paddle might introduce more side shear if you are having to lean a bit on each stroke. 4....

Evan, You HAVE to give the White Guide in 20 foot a build!! I absolutely LOVE mine! I easily schlep myself (220), my wife (115), and 3-4 kids in it plus coolers, blankets, etc. I've had 10 adults in it at once, though of course we had only about 2" of freeboard, and I paddle it solo all the tim...

Bill, I have to second Rhed and partially second Glen. I am a squeegee-only guy. I tried rollers with terrible results, but have never tried brushing. I use Raka epoxy, which is pretty thin, and brushing might work well with it. I just really like using the squeegee. Glen is right, it does take tech...

Dan,
I married a Blackfeet woman. In the Blackfeet tradition, if a son-in-law speaks to his mother-in-law, he must pay her handsomely for the offense in horses and hides. Perhaps we should bring that tradition back: it might have saved your canoe!!

Greg

Kudzu,
It's starting to look dangerously like a canoe


Greg

PS: I like the stems.

Brad,
Here are two sources for wood density info:

[url] http://www.engineeringtoolbox.com/wood- ... -d_40.html [url]

[url] http://www.srs.fs.fed.us/pubs/1236 [url]

The latter one is quite exhaustive, though I do not see the wood mentioned in the previous posting.

Good Luck,

Greg

Naw, It won't work: http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y258/canoeblderinmt/CanoeKit.jpg http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y258/canoeblderinmt/Ripitgood.jpg http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y258/canoeblderinmt/Talknow_MrBond.jpg OH, no...Wait! It worked just fine! Mine is a 1963 model, and got hot gang ...

Paul,
What about scraping past the graphite layer with either the scraper you used for the hull or a cabinet scraper. Might get through the stuff with less mess, and release less graphite and fiberglass into the air.

Greg

Kudzu, Looks like a good start. The bottom seems pretty flat, which will provide good initial stability. Also, a gentle curve around the bilge, so she shouldn't go over all at once on you, but have good secondary stability as well. Since you are going to poking around on small waters, what about add...

Dan, I think your gunwales are going to come out fine. Lots of guys thin them on the inside face before they glue them in, it helps take away the bulky look as you get to the stems. The reason to plane down the inner face is so as not to expose end grain on the outer face. I didn't thin my gunwales ...

One other thing to consider on omitting Station 7 is that the Prospector is a "cheeked" design, and especially of you are shortening the boat, this feature might disappear altogether, leaving you with a hull with completely different looks and probably performance as well. I'd recommend cu...