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...Dagger Genesis at the moment... A Zephyr just popped up ... a 250-260lb paddler..." The Zephyr is a couple of feet shorter than your Genesis, with sharper chines, and your mass will be putting those edges deep in the water, to be acted upon by cross currents and rocks. Don't confuse me with an e...

If you can't find a pre made solution, you could take a short piece of metal tubing and put in a star nut to give you the internal threads you need. Just Google "star nut" and you will find them. McMaster Carr sells them as "tube connecting nuts". They're very easy to use, and very strong.

Nice work Harry.

...I got a wonderful , well kept Esquif canoe from a member here. Thanks Mr. Nick. :D Chuck it was definitely my pleasure to meet you and some of your family. Ya'll are good people. Pedro nailed it. The value of the time your family will spend together in this venture is immeasurable. Kudos to you!...

Sent you a PM.

I sent you a PM regarding a Zephyr.

Another video of the Nova Craft material:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2JYXMpA19sI

The bench vise comparison with an aramid layup is impressive.

Nice work Harry. Fun project!

"It's only a flesh wound."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAW6D21ICdg

You could jump start the process considerably by picking up an inexpensive wooden paddle (for example at Academy Sports for ~$20). Cut off the blade, fit it to your shaft and epoxy it in. If you don't like the shape of the blade, either cut wood away or glue wood on and shape it. Epoxy a dynel cord ...

The breakage rate as measured by returns to the manufacturers may indeed be low. The number of unreported breaks welded by the owner of the boat, his buddy, or the guy in town who offers that service, is a much higher number. Looking at the disparity between the materials properties of polyethylene ...

I think there are a lot of disgruntled Ledge owners out there who would disagree that PE hulls have a low fracture rate. Off the cuff you would think that the heavy Ledge would be tougher than the light Ledge, due to the thicker material. But we know that is not so. The center of the thicker materia...