The Bear Mountain Boat Shop

I got about half way through the seat hanging process on my Nomad when I realized the 6" long machine screws I've been using will not be long enough to hang the rear hangers on the stern seat. I followed the designers recommendation on seat placement so I'm not sure why this happened. I was hop...

I built my white ash gunnels sometime ago and they have been sitting in my cool basement - waiting for me to progress to the point when they could be installed. The other day I noticed some small streaks of black mold starting to form. They are easily sanded out - but I wonder if this is enough. I a...

Thanks guys. Those scratches really bother me so I'm going to try to carefully sand them out and re-coat. Bill.

Well - it's time to finish the fiberglassing of my Nomad. Last fall events conspired to cause me to suspend fiberglassing before finishing the innner hull. Not wanting to leave a fiberglassed outter hull with an unprotected inner hull (to avoid risk of warping) - I applied a epoxy pre-coat to the in...