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- The Canoe is not a Coffee Table February 25, 2025It’s beautiful. But does it float?
- Your New Skin on Frame Kayak? December 30, 2024Modern kayaks use a variety of materials and construction techniques: kevlar, fiberglass, and plastic are the most common. But before all this, people built kayaks from skin stretched over wood frames.
- Knowing a Boat August 15, 2024A boat is an emotional connection to your inner being
- On Being Scared July 18, 2024Despite being terrified of capsizing and the thought of drowning at Willamette Falls, I conquer my fears, leaving my limbic system defeated. While fear is natural, I overcome it with regular reality checks.
- Thwarts May 30, 2024What is a thwart? Why you don’t sit on it?
- Real Caned Seats May 27, 2024Janell wanted to cane seats for the canoe. It’s a popular topic of conversation!
- Varnish Uber Epoxy May 12, 2024epoxy is great, but spar varnish is essential to protect from ultra-violet
- After Matthew. Before Port Townsend April 14, 2024Janell and Mark take up where Matthew left off ten years ago
- Boat Lines April 4, 2024Matthew started work on the boat in April of 2013. His craftsman ship started the lines of a perfect canoe.
- Caning and Naming March 24, 2024Obtaining Cane. Finding a name. Our Boat is Art.
- Booaat Camp March 19, 2024We’re back in Portland after spending a week in Port Townsend working on a cedar strip canoe. There’s still sanding and varnishing to be done, but it really is a BOAT!
- The Church of the Wood Boat March 17, 2024The epoxy panic from yesterday is for naught. We can sand it out. Today, it’s the church of the wooden boat.
- Tiny Bubbles March 16, 2024This morning, we dread looking inside the boat. Last night was an epoxy disaster.
- A Sense of Place March 15, 2024Amid sawdust and camaraderie, we celebrate a birthday, collaborate on boat parts, and overcome crafting errors.
- Pi Day March 14, 2024Much of creating a boat is removing the boat (with sandpaper)
- Flipping the Boat March 13, 2024We see the inside of the canoe for the first time. Plus – Matthew is here!
- Wedding Dress for a Canoe March 12, 2024The boat gets a dress made of fiberglass
- Sand. Vacuum. Resin. March 11, 2024Day two of working on a cedar strip canoe at the Northwest Maritime Center Boathouse in Port Townsend
- Did You Think This Through? March 10, 2024Port Townsend is the center of the universe if you are going to build a wood boat.