The Bear Mountain Boat Shop

Nice boat Jeff.

I say build a prospector or a ranger...

Jimbo. it looks real good. Unfortunately I have several projects in the works and the forms are up --- have been since Sept. and I have made no progress.

Please keep us updated with the progress so far.

Karl

Well said, Willo, well said....

Really like the look of the rig. I don't know if I could do the same with my Prospector but I am going to try.

Besides the book, is there any other book or reference you used?

Ron I constructed my most recent strongback in the classic Ted Moores sytle. It is painted in a light cream color, some sort of latex, I believe. It was "mismatched" paint at Lowes and very cheap. I wrote copulos notes on the strongback as I went long... I was just handier to bend down or ...

Hi folks. Well here I am three years later and finiished at last.I think it was worth the wait though but am sorry I did`nt spend more time when I had the cance and could have been in the water two years ago. But now this one is finished it`s time to get the next two on their strongbacks.Hope you l...

Jim Also 18 inches is not like glassing a full length hull with a one piece cloth. Absolutely. But it will give you an idea of how to go about solving the problem. Put a lid on the contraption you get a wanigan... make it near the bow you can create a slide-in base to mount a mast in for sailing. Ho...

I'm a little concerned though, about the tumblehome chine. What worries me is: a) does the chine introduce much complexity in stripping around it? I did a mock 18" segment of the tumblehome. I copied stations 4 and 5, cut the forms for those stations from ½” particle board , mounted them on a s...

Great willo! I am glassing the inside of mine today in anticipation of a week canoe trip in Killarney the second week of Oct. The canoe is going to be heavier than my BMB Prospector.. so I hope the "lake trials" go really, really well. Are you going to do anything special with the decks? K...

I agree with Rick. I specialize in making mistakes. One of my ends had a large gap. I just used some filler and got on with the canoe making ... However, my canoes and kayaks are made to be functional, not furniture (I am envious of those who can... went to the BMB Rendezvous 2008 and was impressed ...

Why can't you use cedar - pine - ash strips? You could glue a rough seat together and then shape it any way - any design you wanted? You could even do built in in-lays... and match whatever design on the yoke - deck>

When mounting seats: ..... I understand that EVERYONE ( everyone I've seen so far ) seems to do it with the hanging block/bolt set up... but, does anyone else see a YELLOW / Caution flag go up when they see this..?? When I see any canoe with this set up, I immediately think; there has to be a bette...

Larry, it sure looks good - great. I wish I could be the artist you guys are.

Guessing, how much weight do you think this adds? That seems to be a lot of layers!

Bryan:

I have the forms up for a Freedom 17... and the forms for this boat sitting on my work bench. Should be able to get one buillt this spring.

Karl Huebner