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It has been 4 years since I built my last canoe and a few years since I purchased the plans for Robb White's strip built version of the Gruman Sport Boat. Over the weekend, I finally started working on the boat. So far, I have the transom cut out and one layer of 4 oz. fiberglass added along...

I was fishing near Grand Isle, LA. It looks like perfect conditions, but no wind means gnats. The pictures don't capture the swarm around my head. Kurt

Here are a couple launch photos of the Chemaunis taken last month. I have more photos to add to my webpage, but I have been too busy to work on it. The Chemaunis is relatively fast for a 12' canoe. Tracking is decent for the amount of rocker and it will turn on a dime with an extended paddle...

Here are a few pictures from a fly fishing trip I took to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in October 2006. The fish didn't cooperate, but the scenery was excellent even though we missed the peak colors. Kurt Bear cubs near the stream bed of the Little River. Momma bear...

The first launch will be Saturday. I can't wait to try it out. The hull is cypress and western red cedar with ash gunwales, thwarts, seat, decks and bow and stern laminations. It came in at 37 lbs. I was shooting for 35 lbs. as the hull weighed 26.5 lbs. Kurt

It's been a few years since I built a boat so I am looking forward to the project. I'm building the Chemaunis canoe from Carrying Place Canoe and Boatworks. So far, I have cut out the forms and ripped the strips. This coming weekend, I plan to plane the strips to 3/16" and route the beads and...

My latest trip started out as a fishing trip for bass, but the fishing was terrible so it became a paddling trip. See http://www.loup-garou.net/canebayou.html for a couple photos. Kurt