Ah...you must be on the west coast. On the east coast we use wire traps (similar to lobste pots but smaller) that would be a danger to an ultralite. My son...
We use hand line for the most part. They produce more. A lot of these crabs have been caught over and over as shorts and have been thrown back. I know that...
Hand lines are the best. We ues those mainly. I have a few traps but not used much. You start pulling up a lot of mud in some ares and that's a bitch on any...
Why not. The rings work really well in Oregon. Crabs around here love chicken thighs. Good thing is the seals don't like it. They really like salmon. So...
The rings do work better than box traps. but the hand lines come in tops. The chicken skin is tough and once that blue claw digs in to that skin, they don't...
We, too live in the Seattle area and have used rings for years with Dungeness crabs (so delicious) and steady pull works great plus you get the workout and it...
Using parts or all of the experienced advice given me previously here, I repaired the broken stringers, reglued spots, cleaned and sanded all. Then I reskinned...
Congrats on getting her in the water Steve!! Its always a big moment when you float that project for the first time! Cheers, Aaron Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T...
Recently I was gifted a Snowshoe 14 that was left to weather uncovered for many years. Someone had applied paint to protect the skin, but the paint was flaking...
Have a look at the videos at Kudzu Craft: www.kudzucraft.com Lashing will work just as well on a snowshoe as a kayak but there are a lot more places to lash....
I wouldn't use dacron line. It will create bumps which will always be there after you've reskinned it and which will be where it starts leaking as you brush...
Use artifical sinew and lash the thing: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zy9JOv3mHgw Hajo -- "A bee is never as busy as it seems; it's just that it can't buzz...
Wow, that's a nice job. Richard ________________________________ From: Steve <asloth@...> To: Airolite_Boats@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, April 23,...
I'm getting the reminder/message to use sinew instead of dacron for lashing, as sinew lies much flatter under the skin. Thanks for that. Any experience with...
I haven't build a "real" Platt boat, but I have build a few Skin on frame lashed and glued boats. I very much prefer lashing. I think the work is considerably...
Hajo that knot on the left is also known as an arbor knot and is used to attach backer to a fly reel. John Boy  You can trust me, I have a degree in...
AAron and Richard, Thanks for the congrats. Reminds me of one time I had pulled a wooden oar/sailboat out and it was on its trailer in a parking lot. As I...
The 'eskimo' knot and the method for tying off are both shown in the Kudzu videos. I have built only one sof canoe but the lashing 'bump' wasn't an issue. Is...
If you're having trouble figuring out lashings, the book "building the greenland kayak" has some great methods (minus anything that mentions linseed) and...
The Airolite web site shows the Classic 12 with only 1 seat but shows the Classic 10 and 14 with 3 seats. Is the number of seats up to the builder??...
I recently purchased a used Classic 12 with one seat. Here in Maine I have not had a chance to use it yet. However, I did wonder about adding a bow and stern...
I just completed the frame and am varnishing a Classic 12 prior to the skinning process - I added a stern and bow thwart and will post pictures next week -...
If something happens to you this list and all the history will be dead. You should appoint a few co moderators that could keep this thing going. Go into the...
My 10 foot Classic has 3 seats, but only the rowing seat appears to be very useful. The boats balance has more to do with the how useful the seats are. I...
I have a 10 in which I've changed the middle seat so it can be moved. My wife can sit in the stern seat when I move the middle one forward. I wouldn't put...
I'm going out on a limb here, but since the post is so old I guessing you got rid of the boat by now...If not, let me know I'm in MN and have been thinking...
