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disqo, sent you a pm.

-Mike

Dagger Encore for sale. Well used, but breath of new life added recently. New vinyl gunwhales, thwarts, deck plates, and large Gaia airbags. Foam saddle installed and D-rings installed for thigh straps. Started outfitting boat with good intentions, but haven't paddled it much and could use a few buc...

Mlkman, those are actually deck plates for an appalachian with vinyl gunwales. They had to be cut because only the first 12 inches or so lined up with the shape of the encores bow and stern.

-Mike

Ok, so I finally got the thing re-gunwaled and added new thwarts. Phase 1 complete! I added a modified deckplate to accomodate the vinyl gunwales. After taking the wood gunwales off I did find a handful of small cold cracks at some of the screwholes from where the wood gunwhales were installed. I en...

Wow, been a while since I looked at this thread. It's good to hear that some think so highly of this boat. It brews added encouragement toward the project! Ordering gunwales this week!

Cool, thanks for the recommendations. The Mohawk bags look like the ones I'm after..

-Mike

Actually that air space between the gunnel and hull creates an optical illusion, but it's just the picture. Additionally, the last person to seal the gunwales was a little sloppy and some drips formed as you could probably see in the pics. The d-rings for the thigh straps are actually already instal...

Thanks for the warm welcome and responses guys. Hey, i've had crap stolen from me, and know how it feels. Plus, it's good karma to do the right thing. Ok, so maybe I'll leave it pink. I was paddling today at a local play spot and ran across a guy in a pink bliss-stick, so I don't feel so bad.. :D In...

Hello, my name is Mike and I'm new to Cboats.net. I have been whitewater butt-boating for a couple of years now and consider myself very new to canoeing with the exception of paddling my MR explorer a few years back with no inclination as to what I was doing. So anyway, after selling the Explorer I ...