The Bear Mountain Boat Shop

It seems daunting, but it is just a lot of single steps to get to where you want to go. So, deep breath, patience and 1 step at a time ... the hardest part is literally deciding to start. After that, it just research the step, plan, execute, repeat. Plus you have a whole forum of people looking ove...

My copy of Canoecraft should be here Friday and, yesterday, I watched the Nick Offerman tutorial video about the book (both from Bear Mountain) so I could get a better understanding of their construction. I'll watch the Nick Schlade video, then get started on the delaminated areas. My first order of...

The closer I look, especially at the delaminations, it appears it might be Polyester resin. If so, you should be able to score the glass, and with a heat gun, pull the glass off in strips. It looks like you have a full length keel strip. I'd remove that also. Lastly and very important, are the gunn...

Thanks for the reply, Brian I'll answer what I can, but all we know about the history is from the friend who gave it to me. He had it for the last 10 years and it was stored in his garage that entire time. 1. Original finish - I would only be guessing to say I believe it's the original finish. Both ...

After several years of dreaming of building a cedar strip canoe, I was fortunate enough to inherit one this past weekend! It been passed from person to person over the last 15+ years with each one intending to fix it up. Now it's my turn, and I REALLY want to get it back on the water. I am an absolu...