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The Waterline boat was most likely a Seeker which was the original design by Fritz Orr. Could be raced solo or tandem. Steve Scarborough may have been involved in the design as well. I know he and Annie raced tandem in one. The Seeker went on to become the Sunburst. I first saw this canoe at the Mul...

Here is the end of my second day in a canoe and my first attempt at soloing. Notice Craig and I have not only the same taste in paddles but grips as well. This was taken 2/28/80 at the takeout of the North Fork of the White River in the Missouri Ozarks. I was with Bob Million in his 17A Blue Hole he...

Both the Skeeter and Superfly were from fiberglass molds, (as were the first Sauvage Spanish Flys) basically two layers of 1 oz. mat and isothalic (tooling) polyester resin. The trick was to get uniform thickness. I can't remember how many Superflys we made but the Skeeter mold cooked over 200. I ad...

And a "pirogue" (Craig I think that was your description of my baby ) got it started.
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A life well-lived. Hard to imagine what paddling must of been like back in those pioneer days. RIP John Berry.

I'm with Clarion on this one-- use the amazing Multi tool. I'd go with the half-moon fine tooth blade.

They should certainly sell just the "kit", and here's an idea-- a "conversion" where you can cut a kayak paddle in half and attach C-1 conversion handles. It follows this same line of thinking of taking an otherwise useless shape and converting it into something usefull.

That's one cool canoe! You're going to have to upgrade from that Norse just for aesthetics if nothing else. With all that blade surface on a Norse I'll bet you'll spend most of you paddling effort doing correction strokes. Why not keep the wood theme going and build your own paddle? 56" should be ab...

Thanks Craig. Do you have a link to the GDI page?

:( Saw on BT that Billy Keen had died on the Blue River. Billy was a great OC-1 paddler and racer. He was one of Frankie Hubbard's closest friends back in the 80's and helped Frankie get his first designs going. http://i763.photobucket.com/albums/xx271/BrownDogBoats/boat%20stuff/canoe%20history/img0...

Richard I totally agree. Last year was one of the most fun and also most rewarding days I've spent in a canoe. Unfortunately I have to work this weekend and can't make it but if any of you can I'd urge you to participate. You'll be glad you did. And good for you Alex for your support again this year...

Spruces have a higher strength to weight ratio than any other softwoods. White spruce is used for masts, flagpoles and such. Another hardwood not mentioned but common in thwarts and seats is cherry. It also has moderate rot resistance though not as much as walnut. It's one of my favorite woods to wo...

Phil,
You are probably right about the names, though I'm pretty sure he called this proto the Double Edge at the time. I dropped out of the racing scene after about '87 when we hosted the Nationals at the Ocoee.

Frankie called that design the Double Edge. He and Billy Keen (does anyone know what ever became of Billy Keen?) showed up at the Mulberry Fork races in March of '85 with three strip canoes- 1st and 2nd Edge protos and the Double Edge proto. http://i763.photobucket.com/albums/xx271/BrownDogBoats/boa...

I use a pry all the time for opening my beer . I can do it onside, offside, cross-reverse-behindtheback, ...