The Bear Mountain Boat Shop

Depending on what shape your seats are, and how far from each end you will be mounting, the length of the stock could vary quite a bit. Will your seats be square or tapered to follow the hull? If you leave a foot (.3 meters) on each side you should have plenty. Greg PS: Hoping to start my Prospector...

Robbie, If your strips aren't laying flat along the join line, try wetting them down with a hot towel and then take a 3" board, lay it edge-wise along the keel line, and use packing tape or band clamps from the shear line around the canoe to apply pressure downward and get the strips flattened....

Cannot recommend strongly enough the Bill Mason DVD. Books go so far, but seeing the strokes being performed and the effects in the water show far more.

Greg

Eric,
A very nice collection of paddles. Bet they paddle as good as they look!



Greg

Glen,
That is too bad, but I understand. Thanks for the reply.

Greg

I was just poking around, and I cannot access a member list. When I select USergroups, it responds that no groups exist. Did we lose the ability to look thru a member list?

Greg

Pretty slick, Randy.

Eric, a very pretty, understated canoe. Nice paddles also. I hope you enjoy her for a long time.



Greg

Greg,
(all the cool guys are named Greg) Though it'd be a little drive, it might be worth it and give me a jump start on my next project, which was going to be a 16' Prospector. E-mail me at: gschindler@180connect.net or call me in Montana at: (406) 593-4504

Greg

Sluggo, About all I can say is...Um, Yeah. You are on the toughest part of this process, making the transition from vertical strips to horizontal. Depending on the design, the difficulty of this ranges from benign to downright difficult. To deal with this you can: Tape Screw Staple Heat with a heat ...

Well, What can you say about that video except that that is the biggest collection of NPF's I've ever seen! Bryan, you are right, why are they approaching from river right when clearly the flow is from river left. There is so much wrong with that video I couldn't watch but about 5 of those idiots. T...

Dan, I tried rollers on my last boat as there was a discussion about a year ago about using them and everyone was raving about how great they were. Guess I used the wrong rollers as I ended up with a bunch of very fine roller hairs in my glass. I went back to using an automotive squeegie to spread t...

Dan,
Looks nice. Guess you will have a beautiful canoe before too long.

Greg

Sboutang,
Beautiful boat! I really like your football treatment, very stylish and well executed. Let us know how she paddles, OK?

Greg

Dan,
I think you have a good plan. If you haven't glassed much, putting on a sealer coat will be a bit of a trial run and get you used to the process. Post us some pics of the process, ok?

Greg