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Good morning, Jim~ A few thoughts: 1) As Eric mentioned, dream it first! I always do lots of sketching as I plan - and always with...

It is encouraging to see a sneakbox with a narrower beam! What an awesome boat!

Thank you RM, the canoe was a solid project- the guy never glassed it, and it made it doomed to water damage. It would have been easier...

If that deck isn't in your mind's eye picture of what you want the boat to be when you finish then remove it. See it first, then make...

Jim, Your restored canoe is beautiful! I have not yet been bitten by the restoration bug which is weird because I do enjoy fixing...

For context. I’ve never built a boat from the ground up, but here’s a canoe I heavily restored years ago; whole new ply floor, plus the...

Steve, Eric, and RM; I have looked at this site for years, and always dreamed of building out one of these historic and hyper practical...

Eric, RM, Jim et al In the middle of the night - rain falling on the tin roof here at our Lake Champlain camp - I read through my old...

Thanks very much, Eric! I'll have to read through it again - just as soon as I have a spare day or two.... All the best, SJS

@Jim Mandas The first two pictures in Steve's latest post in this thread are worth more than 2000 words. They show what you should...

Jim~ The bulkheads were open for storage. As I recall, the forward bulkhead had a "sill" - perhaps 3 inches above the floor - to keep...

@Steve Sanford Your writing here has been prolific, but I managed to find the Red Leg photo essay. It reads just as good today as the...