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by Bryan Hansel
Sat Dec 04, 2010 3:15 pm
Forum: Builders' Forum
Topic: Uni-wale?
Replies: 85
Views: 96192

I'm going to make the Moonman's yoke. Here my rough draft. I have a bunch of 3/4-inch ash in odd sizes that I've been holding onto for years. Seems like a good project. Any thoughts?

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by Bryan Hansel
Sat Dec 04, 2010 12:50 pm
Forum: Builders' Forum
Topic: Uni-wale?
Replies: 85
Views: 96192

I'd love to see more photos of the build if you have time to post them online.

This guy uses tape with holes punched through it to laminate carbonfiber bike tubes. Do you think that could help improve your process or is it not worth the extra effort?
by Bryan Hansel
Fri Dec 03, 2010 9:59 pm
Forum: Builders' Forum
Topic: Uni-wale?
Replies: 85
Views: 96192

My Freedom 17 employed some unconventional materials (for a cedar strip canoe) in an attempt to get the weight down to within ultra-light composite range: The uni-wale was constructed of Core-Cell foam sheathed with carbon fiber sleeves and epoxy. A kerf was cut on the underside to accept the top e...
by Bryan Hansel
Fri Dec 03, 2010 9:49 pm
Forum: Builders' Forum
Topic: Uni-wale?
Replies: 85
Views: 96192

Randy, Here is a picture of a solo yoke solution I saw a few years ago. Maybe on this site or Canadian canoe routes. The yoke is not attached to the canoe permanently, the weight of the canoe holds it in place. You might vary something like this for your boat. http://i291.photobucket.com/albums/ll2...
by Bryan Hansel
Thu Dec 02, 2010 12:09 pm
Forum: Builders' Forum
Topic: Uni-wale?
Replies: 85
Views: 96192

Nice pictures!

That's not my Freedom 17. Although, if I built it again, I'd use aluminum. The boat pictured is from Bear Mountain's 17'9" plan page.
by Bryan Hansel
Wed Dec 01, 2010 6:32 pm
Forum: Builders' Forum
Topic: Uni-wale?
Replies: 85
Views: 96192

I think doing a scaled down gunwale, like Moonman said, would probably save more weight than a uni-gunwale, but the uni-gunwale will look pretty cool. I just had this idea. Do a scaled down inwale and outwale and cap it with a thin strip. That'll minimize fitting problems and still give a capped loo...
by Bryan Hansel
Sat Nov 27, 2010 10:36 am
Forum: Builders' Forum
Topic: 6 oz glass or 4 oz glass?
Replies: 4
Views: 2176

Depends on how you treat your canoe. I'd personally go with two layers of 3.2 oz. tight weave, which isn't a listed choice. From personal experience, on my Freedom 17, I used 6 oz. glass on the inside. All the damage I've done to it is on the outside of the hull and I've taken some big hits. I've ne...
by Bryan Hansel
Tue Nov 02, 2010 9:45 am
Forum: Builders' Forum
Topic: gap in planks at the bilge
Replies: 5
Views: 3129

If you don't mind cutting off parts of a few strips, you can remove the pressure by adding a "goring" strip. Lay a new strip near the buckle and shape it by pulling the ends down towards the sheer. When the strip sits flat against the forms, trace the shape. Then cut out the strips above y...
by Bryan Hansel
Sun Oct 31, 2010 6:25 pm
Forum: Builders' Forum
Topic: Light weight Canoe
Replies: 43
Views: 22777

Judging by the length of this thread reducing weight is an issue. Unfortunately all our good ideas have no basis in hard facts. Where are all the studies on the characteristics, properties and behaviors of cloth and epoxy layered core materials These, at least, the ones that I'm mentioning, have be...
by Bryan Hansel
Sun Oct 31, 2010 6:06 pm
Forum: Builders' Forum
Topic: Light weight Canoe
Replies: 43
Views: 22777

If I was to use something like the 3.2 oz tight weave, would it be advisable to double it only on the football, or the entire surface? On the inside of the hull, would it also be advisable to double up in the bottom to help support my 220 lb frame? If you go with a 3.2, you'd want to lay multiple l...
by Bryan Hansel
Sun Oct 31, 2010 5:46 pm
Forum: Builders' Forum
Topic: Light weight Canoe
Replies: 43
Views: 22777

Hi Bryan,Do you wet out both layers at the same time? I do remember John Winters wrote somewhere that he has used 4oz cloth, laying it perpendicular to the length of the boat, and overlapping it by a few inches as he worked his way down the hull, calling it sort of a 'frame stiffener'. I wet out al...
by Bryan Hansel
Thu Oct 28, 2010 3:33 pm
Forum: Builders' Forum
Topic: Light weight Canoe
Replies: 43
Views: 22777

If you modeled the boat in Delftship, you could output stations at 10" without having to build 12" forms. Every 6" would probably be easier and that spacing should prevent any sanding deflection. I don't see any staining on my kelvar boats from the aluminum. I think the Epoxyworks cha...
by Bryan Hansel
Tue Oct 26, 2010 1:17 pm
Forum: Builders' Forum
Topic: Light weight Canoe
Replies: 43
Views: 22777

Bryan, exactly what do you mean by "it gets pretty difficult fairing the canoe with 1/8 inch strips"? Are you specifically referring to the fact that the hull will be unusually soft with a lot of give which will make sanding difficult? There's not much wood in a 1/8" strip, so you wo...
by Bryan Hansel
Mon Oct 25, 2010 10:50 am
Forum: Builders' Forum
Topic: Light weight Canoe
Replies: 43
Views: 22777

It gets pretty difficult fairing the canoe with 1/8-inch strips, so you'll want to either add stations or just be very careful when you strip the boat. I'd suggest using several layers of 3.2 oz tight weave, instead of one layer of 4 oz. The tight weave soaks up very little epoxy, which ends up with...
by Bryan Hansel
Mon Oct 25, 2010 10:15 am
Forum: Builders' Forum
Topic: Two Years in the Making - My "Bucket List" Project
Replies: 15
Views: 10843

Looks great! I love the inlays.