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Mr Beekeeper - I love the lines on your new craft. The adjustable strongback is very cool too. More involved but I'd think you could make a light strong craft by combining your build method with Ron's strip panel method. I put an old towel folded up over my shoulder for piro pain relief. And...

took my kids, 11 and 13, out for youth duck hunting day on sat. Opening day is this coming saturday so good scouting opportunity. We found good spot and saw alot of woodies and they had their chances and a few shots but no hits. "Dad, you were right they fly pretty fast." anyways good trip and I...

Thanks Jack. I may try a lower seat and can "adjust" it by adding seat cushions for fishing if needed. I saw one on the seat thread which was a wooden base with a store bought seat on top with straps etc. that may be the ticket...

I bought a pair of footrests but don't know where to mount them. I went for a paddle yesterday - very much still sea trials - still learning how to move this thing in the water. I covered about a mile - against incoming tide half the time with a little breeze so I realized that I'm out of shape...

next to the bowline this is my # 2 most useful knot. There is one modification to the tying technique that makes it even better - when you are making your second half hitch through the loop instead of putting it neatly on top of the first one you can place it over and across the first half hitch...

I ordered several different stencils: camo real look oak bark is the best for background with flat black paint, camo grass large, camo foxtail and monkey grass but you may do well with a kit. the camo swampland looks like a good one for $40. walmart has most of the camo paints - may need to...

Thanks guys - BK- the seat is very basic compared to yours and others.Two pieces of cedar with Ron's routered bases for the two runners. the sides have a gentle curve for the seat and are joined with cedar slats and the back is a piece of okume ply. it folds flat.

profile view post note: Am I the only one that feels happy with the completion and the launch but a little empty feeling with the lack of an ongoing boat building project? Sign of an addiction I know... This may be like Captain Obvious but For me I think the key ingredients are: problem...

base coat was dull dead grass then scary part was starting with the spray paint and stencils from BlackJack Camo I want to give big Thanks to Ron for his how-to on the rope handles End result sitting in stable: My daughter and I took her for paddle in creek yesterday evening - but no...

To Chuck and others, please be advised that some of the following content may be visually disturbing to you. :shock: "EZ prime" white primer mixed with duck boat brown for desert storm look - dull dead grass to follow then stencils and spray paint. Painful to watch? :D I will admit that I...

gluing down runners for seat, those pieces of cedar are the sides of the seat from a cedar tree I cut down when I was 17 in our backyard - I'm 51 now - Ouch! - that tree has built a lot of things and has been moved to alot of states over the years. Actually I think I'm on the last plank now.

KJ - that's funny. I thought I was the only one that did that. Put in 4 rod holders - just reinforced holes in deck edges. And hoping for a new double paddle for father's day... And still waiting on paint - Jamestown Distributers is usually better than this. What are people's opinions...

Well paint still not here but I splashed boat this weekend and I am happy. :D Tracks staight, turns easy and is stable. Love it! Thanks to all on site for help and interest. Side view with me sitting too far back because my daughter got out of bow to take pic

graphite on waiting on paint now

Checking to see where seat will go.

aft deck going on outer rails - all the clamps I own. :)

now I need to fit bulkhead in stern and undersupport for forward deck then put deck peices on and then outer rails and ... sand and paint. am I missing something? ....... Oh, how could I forget, sand, sand, and sand :D

KJ - true true, But I love the moment/action of taking them off!

Put spacers on with inner rails this weekend

Thanks guys. 2nd wet out holes for bow and stern lines deck trial need to get some cypress for gunnels