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Yup on the glasses...they would fit right with the mask. Need to find some kid-size dust masks where he can wear both.

Can't seem to find info for this... ...how do I determine proper length for a normal paddle? or for Greenland paddle?

A little late here, but next time try this: prep-coat your hatch with Vaseline or beeswax as a release agent...no wrinkles like from the plastic film wrap.

YUP! :lol: Well, about the boat, we really did use "what was laying around". The Luan is some that was in the garage when we bought the place (probably have enough left for another pirogue). It's less than 1/4", a bit over 3/16 (to these old eyes)...some metric stuff, I think. The outer...

Call me the dead-thread resurrector! Anyway...not much experience building boats, but some with both wood panels and fibreglass. I can see pre-assembly epoxy coating to give a good adhesion substrate for later glassing, and possibly glassing ONE side of the side panels, but not both. Interested...

Thanks, Jack! Only thing I screwed up on was not documenting it for the home-school records...means we gotta build another one! :wink: Karl is pretty forgiving and reasonable...where I mis-measured the center board I added, it made sort of a hexagon "box" between UJ's two mid-ribs. The kid...

Okay, then fellas, pics sans captions! You guys can do the "fill-in"!

Yup, design copy of the original USMC fighting knife (K-Bar). The older set between brother Jim & I are a 'true' K-Bar and a Camillus, both USMC. I have an old WWI 'medical corps bolo' for which I'd love to find a sheath.

...or "BUB" (Butt Ugly Boat). 11 year old and I started, and so far we are up to hulled in, outer rails on, inner rails almost done, & outer hull painted. Sorry...kept forgeting to take pics up to now, but will post some Thursday. Did some 'strange' things, as we used mostly what was "laying...