If you're having trouble figuring out lashings, the book "building the greenland kayak" has some great methods (minus anything that mentions linseed) and...
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kanoe22
Apr 25, 2012 7:29 am
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...
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Steve
asloth2
Apr 25, 2012 4:20 am
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...
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Larry
xkbulldog
Apr 25, 2012 2:05 am
Would anyone have a copy of the 2 hour instructional video on the Ebenezer that is no longer available from gaboats.com?...
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John Boy
t1ro2003
Apr 24, 2012 11:52 pm
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...
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Hajo Smulders
hilomania
Apr 24, 2012 11:34 pm
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...
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Steve
asloth2
Apr 24, 2012 11:23 pm
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...
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Richard Bertram
richardbertram
Apr 24, 2012 3:25 pm
Wow, that's a nice job. Richard ________________________________ From: Steve <asloth@...> To: Airolite_Boats@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, April 23,...
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Hajo Smulders
hilomania
Apr 24, 2012 1:36 pm
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...
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bschless@...
bschless
Apr 24, 2012 1:01 pm
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...
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kanoe22
Apr 24, 2012 7:39 am
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....
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Steve
asloth2
Apr 24, 2012 5:54 am
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...
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a_wood_@...
a_wood_...
Apr 24, 2012 4:02 am
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...
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Steve
asloth2
Apr 24, 2012 12:07 am
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...
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nadaequis
Mar 24, 2012 2:10 pm
I think your crabs would really punch a hole in the hull....
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Bob Kay McIntosh
trawler10
Mar 23, 2012 3:28 pm
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...
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nadaequis
Mar 23, 2012 2:18 pm
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...
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Richard Bertram
richardbertram
Mar 23, 2012 4:00 am
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...
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nadaequis
Mar 22, 2012 2:19 pm
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...
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nadaequis
Mar 22, 2012 2:15 pm
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...
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bschless@...
bschless
Mar 22, 2012 12:44 pm
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...
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Richard Bertram
richardbertram
Mar 22, 2012 12:14 am
I made a 10' Classic for the purposeof crabbing. I haven't used if for crabbing yet, but I have reservations. I used to crab out of my 10 foot port-a-bote and...
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bschless@...
bschless
Mar 21, 2012 1:20 pm
yum...blue crabs...all we get up here in Massachusetts are rock crabs....Brown, mean, and big buggers. Beau Schless NOTEbookS Library Automation TEL: 978....
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nadaequis
Mar 21, 2012 1:20 pm
Thanks again! Kevin...
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nadaequis
Mar 21, 2012 1:18 pm
So you really have to try to hole it. A repair kit can contain some used up Senkos. That is funny though, bait saves angler from wet day. Thanks for your help....
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nadaequis
Mar 21, 2012 1:12 pm
I just use a couple of hand lines and some string mesh traps with floats that get picked up after hand lining awhile. Chicken legs are bait. Cheap and tough...
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bschless@...
bschless
Mar 21, 2012 12:15 pm
Hmmm hauling crab pots into a dacron boat? You are going to have two problems: 1) You will undoubtedly rip the skin, 2) You will have bait entrails down...
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bschless@...
bschless
Mar 21, 2012 1:45 am
Repair Kit: 1 piece of dacron 2" x 2" 1 very small tube super glue wrap both of these in a small plastic bag and tape bag to rear seat with Gorilla glue Use...
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bassman4940
Mar 21, 2012 1:29 am
I'm not aware of any real "repair kit", but anyone who has built one would have probably saved a few scarps of  Dacron for just an occasion.  You can cut a...
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nadaequis
Mar 20, 2012 10:42 pm
This seemed obvious but a search did not turn up anything. Does anyone carry a repair kit for these boats? I'm eyeballing a Classic 12 so that I can car top a...
