Very unconventional bow. I'd like to see how it performs in heavy seas. Seems like it would be a bit of a submarine. This boat is supposed to...
Or, is good, good enough? I'm no genius, as many will be quick to agree with. But I have a very high mechanical aptitude and I think I am good...
My two objections to the traditional rowing rig is that you face backwards (drift boats and river dories excepted) and the oars stick out so far...
I haven't visited this site for a while. I've been riding my bike and repairing the Hyde drift boat that I bought last year. But I'm seeing a...
fairing compound You could smooth out the hull by first smearing fairing compound over the hull and then sanding, but this would add even more...
This, for example. This is the sort of thing that actually does have me a little worried. I'm not ready to recommend every one start building...
short term, non-lethal I'm of the school of thought that this would probably be a fairly short term situation. Less than a year before some sort...
I am no prepper, but I can see some possible scenarios where society could break down for a period of time. Just look at New Orleans after...
There is a show on the discovery channel called (I believe) Doomsday Bunkers. It is about preppers preparing for a breakdown in society when it's...
Hollow or no hollow. Wenonah canoes have probably won more races than all other canoe companies combined. They've made sprint kayaks for the US...
Hollow waterlines I've provided a few "sketches" for this thread. In at least one, where the maximum waterline beam was aft of middle, the...
Who said plump? Not I.
Ok, yeah, I think I see what you mean and that is what I thought. Looking at a bunch of Robert Perry designs, I do see that most of the newer...
I'm not sure I'm understanding what you mean by hollow waterlines, but if you mean what I think you mean, most high performance canoes and...
Some interesting designs. LP's layout for the last of the one sheets is pretty ingenious and a pretty impressive design for a single sheet. To...
I was on a boat building forum about a year ago and there was a guy wanting advice on a canoe/kayak he was designing that he planned to build from...
putting a few ideas together Nothing to do today, kind of bored, so I spent some time putting together a design that incorporates some of my most...
You might find this interesting....
Revised oar length. Naturally the oarlenght is also dependent on distance between oarlocks and distance oarlocks are above water. So I might be...
dories and oars A while back, Tim Tebo was voted the most over-rated player in the NFL. I don't agree with that, but I do think that the Banks...