Recent content by Jamus

thanks Phil and indeed I did. Here's what it looked like grassed last year. Very happy with it, although still messing about with various seats to get me at the right level in relation to the blind height and still stay comfortable. Tried cut down milk crates and that did not fill me with...

I built one of these in the offseason (my second) and love hunting out of it in the coastal marshes of Mass. I use it as a decoy sled behind a bigger boat and use it to hunt for those birds on the high tides that flood the marshes (where even a small barnegat stands proud). That said, i would...

Hi Blake, Good luck with the deliberations. Lots of good ideas here. I have a black brant II and wrestled with lights for a long time. When I built it, I ran chases for bow and stern lights and then, 20 years later, actually put them in. I ended up going with a modification of something that...

thank you all for the comments. The purpose of the mat, per Merrimack canoes, is to protect the ribs (which are decorative and only 1/16" cherry) from point loads and to provide stiffness to the hull. They are intended to be clear through the mat, and to look pretty. I was informed that the mat...

Thank you both for the response. The issues that you both raise seem to be consistent with information that I have been researching and receiving. My plan of action will be to sand out all evidence of this first attempt and reload with new mat and poly resin as we get later into the fall (when...

Hello! I?m in the process of restoring a 13? Stowe canoe that was rotting away on the other side of town. These canoes can be very nice when done and being lockdown season, I needed a project to chew on. Fast forward and after pecking away at it, it?s time to put in a fiberglass matt to stiffen...

Small world Troy. I?m down the road outside Oquossoc. Good luck with the project!

it's been a while since I built my bbII and if I recall correctly, I had added the keelsons or strakes with top pressure and epoxy (no fasteners) to avoid piercing the hull. I ran into a fellow that was facing the same question you are and he took the existing keelsons off with a belt sander and...

count me in. Many moons ago and with permission from the site I had a 3' version of this sticker made that went on the back of a trailer that carried my dog and dekes in a box and a momarsh fatboy on top. The sticker really made the whole setup "work"

while not a mat technically, I have been very happy with raffia from here https://jstern.com/collections/hunting/products/hank-treated-color?variant=15727283044461 great prices and combined with some plastic fencing and a bunch of zip ties, so can get the look you want and still be able take it...

thanks Eric. It does have that look to it a bit now that you mention it. Mostly I have been mostly carving black ducks over the years so it's possible that my eyes tend to see everything from that perspective!

Well, getting some quality time in the shop and adding to the rig with a few mallards. Looking to add five in total and birds 1 and 2 are off to the side with 3 to be a high-head hen.

Hi George, thanks and I dropped you a note to your runamuck address the other day with a blast from the past. Found some patterns that you gave me 20 (!) years ago and sent you some pictures of them.

thank you Vince and I just rediscoved my copy of the book today. I'll spend time with it (sometimes it's nice to revisit books you own!)

great point! as luck would have it, I actually already have that book on the shelf (someplace). I'll go have a look about for it. Thanks for the prompt!