Boat Builder Central

despotic931, sorry, i must have scrolled right past your post....my bad. that, however is another option. i could pour the 2 part foam into a cardboard box any size i need to make a block. didn't think of that. ...may be cheaper than buying the stuff i found as well. i wouldn't have to pay for ship...

what about making your own block from layers of foam?

Both the Nice Canoe and the Cheap Canoe are not canoes at all, they are pirouges threw and threw. Putting a deck on one would simply make it a decked pirouge, or a flat bottom kayak. I would only put a deck on one if you would be able to lower the sides. I agree as is now, the sides are too high to ...

I was wondering about that as well, I am planning on making a spay skirt for my NC16, but was wonder about building a decked cheapy to play wround with, I was wondering about making the sides a little lower as well.

JB weld is awsome stuff, not as cool as epoxy though My grandfather uses it for everything that and fencing wire

Allow me digress to a slightly to a happier topic... (yes people snorkel in wisconsin, we even have a dive shop) While I was in college, I took the opportunity to get a PADI dive certification (I don't even know if they exist any more). I did my open water dive certification in Wisconsin. It was at...

I am planning on painting then varnishing
but I am useing a spray varnish and yea, otherwise I would do it the other way

thanks for the tip

whats really bad is when we go out snorkeling (yes people snorkel in wisconsin, we even have a dive shop) and poeple buzz our boat when we are in the water with the dive flag flying! Idiots!

sounds like you want a boat simmilar to what I want, I originaly was looking at smaller sea kayaks, I couldnt imagine taking a 17' kayak down class three rapids.