Recent content by Brad

My son and I are slowly working up to becoming "real" paddlers. Took the boat to a larger lake today and paddled from a cove to a point and back in 10-20 mph quartering winds. We were surprised that the two mile paddle only took us about an hour and we were resting a lot of that time. We were...

I still have another project to finish. Bought my future father-in-law an Uncle John's kit and all the materials to finish it for his birthday. Only problem is he's Tom Sawyering me into doing the work. When we get it glassed that's all going to change, I'm not going to sand and varnish his...

Yes Jack, I've thought about building two solo boats but it's going to take a while for me to forget what a pain in the behind all that sanding is. All those thin fill coats and sanding paid off though, it weighs 57 1/2 pounds and CLC says it should weigh 62.

The length is 16 1/2 feet. I'll probably get a lot of solo paddling time. As you can see I will have to put the seat in the middle to trim it. The graphite bottom should be parellel to the waterline.

It has a seat for each of us. I would like to have gotten a photo of both of us paddling it but didn't have a photographer. It was much easier for the two of us to coordinate the paddling than I thought it would be.

It's more stable, faster, and easier to paddle than I thought it would be.

Build time: 3 months Total weight rigged: 57.5 pounds The guy in the boat is mt son. For some reason I can only get one image per post so there will be four posts.

I was thinking that Buffalo River trip in April may be fun but if one of the requirements is gourmet camp cooking I'm definitely out.