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I saw in Paul Mason's and Mark Sriver's Thrill of The Paddle that they modified their boats by cutting them in the midldle and removing a foot of the boat and then regluing both ends together.

Has anyone ever done this? How do you do it? What do you use for glue? Is there any site that explains this method where I could get some information?

Thanks

Not sure if you are interested but I wouldnt be surprised if Paul Mason's Cut down Ocoee is still for sale. there is an Ottawa kayak/canoe site, I can't remember it exactly, but it was www.kayaker.ca, I saw it there. I think they were asking 600 fully outfitted... might be interesting to see. Let me know if you can't find it and want to, ill have a deeper look for it.

Mike.

I did do this after my Viper 11 had seen too much abuse and the center chines were totally toast.
You need to use epoxy resin and kevlar cloth, peel ply on the outside keeps down sanding. I had to overlap the hull and fill in around the lip. A also screwed up and did not put in enough rocker and ended up having to flat of a canoe. Live and learn was a fun project and this boat must be paddled aggresivaly. with new desgns out you hardly have to do this procedure to get a performance boat. It is a fun project and you can really taylor your boat. Should talk with Paul Mason or someone who has done more than one.

Hey, I saw that guy with Paul Mason's old cut down Ocoee on the Gatineau last year. It is still listed, although I do not know if it is still for sale: http://www.kayaker.ca/paddler/oc_s.htm
The boat is cut down to 10.1 ft, and seemed to have a little more rocker than a regular Ocoee. There was no hull overlap, and the 2 halves seemed to have been attached together by a 3-4 inch wide strip of kevlar or fiberglass on the inside and outside.
The boat also had the ends cut down for easier initiation of vertical moves.
Looked definitely like a fun boat, the overall shape reminded me somewhat of a Prelude, although with cut down ends.

martin