Happy New Year!! I know it’s been a while since I’ve updated the website.  I AM still alive.  The shop IS still active and busier than ever.  2011 was a heck of a year… In the spring I finished designing and building my 5 year old daughter a new, higher [...]

I know… I’ve been promising to write an update on the Canoe and Kayak Coating Abrasion Test that I ran back in the Winter/Spring of 2008.  In the past month or so there has been a lot of discussion about it on Björn Thomasson’s website.   Here it is… finally.  This update mostly concerns the “white graphite.”  Actually there’s not much more than what I wrote in a comment… At this point we can not recommend [...]

Yup, you read the title correctly.  Effective today and lasting into the near future I will not be taking any orders for canoes or kayaks. To tell you the truth, I needed a break.  For the past couple years I used most if not all of my free time being [...]

I’m always looking for the best coating for the canoes and kayaks I build and paddle. Wether it be a clear varnish or an opaque paint, whatever I use it has to meet two basic requirements. It has to protect the epoxy matrix from UV and abrasion damage. Epoxy will break down over time when exposed to the UV rays in sunlight so the coating must have a good amount of UV protection. Every boat [...]

I just received this message and picture from Robert and Jackie in Florida. I built them the 2007.05 Prospector 13 canoe last fall. I like the line about being the water being too cold for alligators… Some times I wish I could paddle in February. Dan, I thought I would [...]