Sounds great, I look forward to seeing the pictures. I have a paddle made from Rob Macks plans on the workbench now waiting for the blades to be epoxied to the shaft.

> Howdy all, I started building 3 new paddles last night. I laid up the
> shafts with fir/spruce/redwood, and fir/cedar/redwood. I also used epoxy
> for the lamination, after I learned that yellow glue is less than adequate
> for paddle shaft laminations! I took some pictures this time, so I'll post
> them when I get the film developed.

> I'll put solid fiberglass blades on one, fiberglass-covered structural
> foam on another (the ones I made about 2 months ago), and maybe stripped
> blades on the third.

> Dang, it's good to be building again!

> Shawn