Friday, April 11, 2014

El Toro Trailer, Updated

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You probably don't remember but a while back, I did a posting on kayak trailers that could be towed behind a bicycle.  The tow bar on th...

Desert Storm Tan Repaint

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Over the last few years I have been painting the skins of my skin on frame boats with polyurethane varnish.  The varnish has UV blockers in ...
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Wednesday, April 9, 2014

Basic Technology by Michael Wolf

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Michael Wolf is a photographer working out of Hong Kong and possibly other cities.  A while back I ran into his photos of what he called ...
Wednesday, February 26, 2014

Eastern Arctic-Like Kayak, Performance Report

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I finally did it. Finished the EA kayak with some deviations from the traditional norm, painted it and headed out to the water to see how it...
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Sunday, February 23, 2014

Eastern Arctic-like Kayak - closing comments

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Time to bring the EA kayak building project back to life, on this blog anyway.  Time to make some comments on the building experience, a tim...
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Wednesday, February 5, 2014

A Four-Egg Omelette

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Technology brings us many wonderful gizmos and makes life as we are living it possible.  But as somebody once noted, "You can't mak...

Radiation

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You may or may not have heard about Fukushima, Japan where a few years ago a large earthquake and the giant wave that resulted from it badly...
Friday, January 24, 2014

Wood and Canvas Canoe Restoration - B.N. Morris History

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I did some research on the internet and found out what kind of canoe I was restoring, a B.N. Morris canoe made in Veazie, Maine.  And ther...
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Thursday, January 23, 2014

Wood and Canvas Canoe Restoration - started

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Finally got the shop organized enough to get the canoe moved in.  Some internet sleuthing reveals that it is a B.N. Morris canoe.  Helps t...
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Eastern Arctic Kayak Construction - Ribs

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Back to working on the EA kayak after more than a month's hiatus. Today I tried notching and bending a stick for ribs, but there was so...
Friday, January 10, 2014

Methane Vents

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As  permafrost melts, it releases methane. The methane exits the permafrost via vents which until recently were  small like the one pictu...
Thursday, December 12, 2013

Eastern Arctic Kayak Construction - more frame photos

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Yesterday I set up the frame of the EA kayak and gave it a second coat of linseed oil.  With the keelson blocked in and the deck upright, it...
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Wednesday, December 11, 2013

Eastern Arctic Kayak Construction - Blocking in the keelson

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My last post on the EA kayak, probably should be called EC kayak for Eastern Canadian kayak, mentioned that I blocked in the keelson.  But I...

The Yurt Gets a Door and other improvements

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The sixteen foot yurt has lived for over a year without a door.  But now that it has a stove, I discovered that the yurt loses heat quickly ...
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Tuesday, December 10, 2013

Eastern Arctic Kayak Construction - Interlude

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Yesterday I blocked in the keelson on  the inverted deck of the kayak in preparation for installing the ribs.  I am now at a crossroads wher...
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Monday, December 9, 2013

Eastern Arctic Kayak Construction - Doweling and lashing the deck beams

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In the previous post we looked at cutting and installing all the deck beams.  I chose to temporarily nail them in place.  While the method I...