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Re: Strip: Canoe ready for scratches
By:Etienne Muller
Date: 7/2/2012, 3:40 am
In Response To: Strip: Canoe ready for scratches *PIC* (Bryan Kapteyn)

: I built a Bear Mountain "Redbird" about a month ago and
: we are taking it to Woodland Caribou PP in a few weeks. We'll be
: doing about 40 portages, so I expect she will have at least that
: many scratches! But as uncle Nick says, it's not a boat until
: it's scratched :-) I did have it sprayed with 3 coats of PPG
: clear 2 part poly, so that should help. She came in at 41 pounds
: with 3/16" strips, cedar gunwales wrapped with 3.2 oz
: glass, 3.2 oz throughout with 2 layers on the bottom. I even
: added some weight with magnetic hatches in the sealed bulkheads
: and she is still a lightweight!

: Bryan K

An absolutely lovely boat, but someone stepped on your paddle.

Et

Messages In This Thread

Strip: Canoe ready for scratches *PIC*
Bryan Kapteyn -- 7/1/2012, 10:14 pm
Re: Strip: Canoe ready for scratches
Etienne Muller -- 7/2/2012, 3:40 am
Re: Strip: Canoe ready for scratches
Bryan K -- 7/2/2012, 8:23 am
Re: Strip: Canoe ready for scratches
Malcolm Schweizer -- 7/2/2012, 6:39 am
Re: Strip: Canoe ready for scratches *PIC*
Bryan K -- 7/2/2012, 8:17 am
Re: Strip: Canoe ready for scratches
Ian Cummins -- 7/2/2012, 9:39 am
Re: Strip: Canoe ready for scratches *PIC*
Bryan K -- 7/2/2012, 10:25 am
Re: Strip: Canoe ready for scratches
Etienne Muller -- 7/2/2012, 10:10 am
Re: Strip: Canoe ready for scratches
Clayton Plunkett -- 7/2/2012, 10:14 am
Re: Strip: Canoe ready for scratches
daan daniels -- 7/2/2012, 4:27 pm
Re: Strip: Canoe ready for scratches *PIC*
Bryan K -- 7/2/2012, 4:46 pm
Re: Strip: Canoe ready for scratches
Bob Johns -- 7/3/2012, 3:02 am
Re: Strip: Canoe ready for scratches
Bryan K -- 7/3/2012, 1:59 pm
Re: Strip: Canoe ready for scratches
daan daniels -- 7/3/2012, 4:49 pm