David Unnerstall Posted May 4, 2012 Posted May 4, 2012 You guys and you're PLASTIC ....wood can be repaird super easly...they are lighter weight...and they give American boat builders something to do... Where is the "Like" button?
eric1978 Posted May 4, 2012 Posted May 4, 2012 Hey, no one is a bigger fan of wood than I am...but for canoes on Ozark streams...plastic just be mo practical.
BadKarma Posted May 4, 2012 Posted May 4, 2012 All of the wood canoes I've seen, I just couldn't bring myself to take a work of art like that out on a creek to scrap it on a shallow shoal. Don't worry about life, your not going to survive it anyway. Go fishing instead.
Al Agnew Posted May 5, 2012 Posted May 5, 2012 Nope, I'm gonna avoid the temptation and not get into why canoes are better than kayaks again...so yes, a kayak is also better than no canoe (or no kayak).
woodman Posted May 5, 2012 Posted May 5, 2012 Here is an example of how a wood boat wears on rocks.....Quote: After a couple years and several hundred miles of being bounced off rocks pulled up concrete boat ramps landing on gravel bars the T-V needs a touch up on her bottom. Examining the bottom most of the wear was on the first 2 inches of the bow and the last 2 inches of the stern. http://www.southernpaddler.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=7177#p70883 http://s147.photobucket.com/albums/r302/scrawford_photos/
woodman Posted May 5, 2012 Posted May 5, 2012 One of my cedar strip boats that has seen several Ozark streams, local lakes and the Little Blue river here in KC... The hull was coated with a graphite powder epoxy mix....Oh and by the way the kayak was made frome old cedar fence pickets I was given.....except for the 2 end decks are cedar from Homedepot 2x4's http://s147.photobucket.com/albums/r302/scrawford_photos/
David Unnerstall Posted June 5, 2012 Posted June 5, 2012 Creek Wader, I came up with this idea for my solo. The storage area had suction cups that didn't suck -- so I mounted two u-bolts and clamped one bungee and the other bunge is under the lip. I set my rods on it and shelf installed in the bow under the deck. It keeps everything off the floor and the canoe has not been altered, at all.
woodman Posted June 5, 2012 Posted June 5, 2012 Nice canoe their David... with those gunwales you could clamp on stuff also...couldn't tell if you have slots on the inwall....That is where I insert a wood hook for rod holders . http://s147.photobucket.com/albums/r302/scrawford_photos/
Terrierman Posted January 15, 2013 Posted January 15, 2013 How do you go about posting photos on this site? I'm using photobucket and the img code won't copy and paste?
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