I've been pondering a GA boat for some years now and am now just getting around to a place where I can think about actually doing it. My buddy has turned me...
Hi! I just finished my Arrow 14, and while I've only had it out a couple times, my opinion is that you'll be fine with a seat 3" above the floor. It may feel...
I built my Arrow 14 in 2003. I find that I have to sit on the floor and use extra-long paddles. If I use even a 2" seat pad, I find the boat too unstable....
Thanks for the replies! Elliot -- do you mean unstable as in it just wants to dump you out? Or do you mean tippy or initially unstable, in that it doesn't...
I am building an Arrow 16 for the same purpose. I have decided that we will kneel or use those "sit on the ground" camping seats when paddling it like a ...
I hope I am not getting off topic, but your set of requirements hit close to home. It was a toss up between the Adirondak Guide boat or the Classic for me. The...
I built a 10' classic and row the heck out of it. I have fixed oarlocks and a fixed seat. I would prefer a sliding seat, but think it's overkill for the 10'....
Interesting that you should mention the guideboat. My buddy has one built in SOF by Brian Schultz of Cape Falcon Kayaks and it's a great boat but just a...
I am putting video clips of my Junior Whitehall build on You Tube, so if anyone wants an early night, this should put them to sleep almost instantaneously!...
Hello everyone! New member to the group here. I've been browsing the group and learning a lot. I purchased the snowshoe 14 plans because I'd like to build...
1. I would build a bigger boat, like the Snowshoe 16 or 18. More capacity, slightly higher cost for materials, same build time within a few minutes. Not...
Well I probably was not quite clear. I purchased the plans for the Snowshoe 14 because I already have a canoe suitable for lakes and tidal areas, but I wanted...
Howdy, I built a snowshoe 16 with my small sons. As they have grown this boat is really only good for 2 of us and not all three. Even with only 2 of us...
That actually seems to make a lot of sense. I suppose I wouldn't really be saving much in effort by towing a canoe that is a bit smaller rather than just the...
Hi all, I'm not sure how I hosed this up, and not sure whether the dacron/kevlar wrap process is intended to take this out (doubt it) but I'm about to hack off...
Mike, Don't hack it off! I'll send pics of my fix when I get home. Same problem on my boat. Cheers, Aaron Sent from my BlackBerry ... From: "floatingcanuck"...
Darn! Sorry about that Mike. Following Platt's idea to preload the gunwales (without any soaking or steaming) works surprisingly well. Without preloading the...
My keel had a dip to it when sighted as your photo. I glue a piece in and then fared it of with a small plane. It isn't bad looking and didn't take much...
Mike, In the photos below you can see something similar happened with my boat. It was bugging me and so I decided to fix it. First I measured how much the...
Hi thought I should introduce myself before jumping in with questions or requests for info. I found the group via a comment on www.songofthepaddle.co.uk. I'm...
I'm building a SOF Rob Roy for my daughter at the moment, hope to be finished for last week of May. It's not the Airolite one, it's from modified stripper...
I bought a cheap iron to use on my 16 ft canoe. It had a heat surge just as I was finishing attaching the Dacron to gunwales. So, I now have a 2"x1/2" burn...
I bet when it happened you said 'oh dear me'. My commiserations. However, I reckon you are doing the right thing in patching, rather than ripping it all off. ...
