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Awesome. More proof I cannot use the internet.

If that 900D refers to denier, that stuff should be roughly 40oz weight.

I have built some steampunk thingies. Those cats like their polished wood and brass. So do I!

Camo really is the easiest paint job. You cannot screw up. It is also easy to touch up. Plus, you can customize it for your area. Round here it would be tall grass. You could even make it two tone like a shark or bomber. Hide yourself from the fishes, too. Multi media stealth boat!

That looks beautiful.

Half the seat slats, unoiled...

I'm such a chicken, this is how I cut long tapers. Just don't drop that slick on your toe... Glad you are healing.

Because I'm a worrier, and pulling your boat around by the bow strap alone worries me, I drew this. It would takes moments to add, and use a piece of line. My inability to leave the lilly ungilt...

Woodman, that IS the collapsible version. Pegged mortise and tenons. And the whole point was to make it look like a Kudzu boat, not a PVC cart... Henrike, you don't need to crank down the straps. I was thinking the extended tenons would make good tie down points.

Terrific.

My thoughts exactly, Jeff. Two sets of stretchers, single or double boat. They could even have rudimentary cradles of foam or some such. I thought it would be ultra cool if the side plates were actual section forms from one of your boats... Props to Henrike for the great idea.

The Kudzu style frame thing jolted me, so I whipped this up. Pegged and shouldered tenons through mortises and slots cut into BB ply. Faster than lashing, but still looks like a boat frame...

I used to have a boat trailer for my bike. It was a sort of long dolly made with conduit. I think a dolly type with the bunk bed approach would be best. The kids and I will break out the model boats and play cart designer. It is too smoky outside...

This is now beyond simple and lightweight... I will watch it develop with interest.

Are you meaning to tow your boats like little trailers? I've done that, it works good behind a bike... I would recommend the hitch tongue and dolly cart axle be connected; perhaps jointed PVC pipes, or even rope to fit your lightweight simple leanings. When the pulling force doesn't work directly on the axles of the dolly, wandering can occur, especially with the soft boats... In my experience.

Awesome, thanks. We generally use gear head or motor head. Petrol head sounds great, to me, and I have now officially adopted it. By the by, cars are just transport to me... Sorry petrol heads.

There is a tool made for bicycle repair called a fourth hand. It is made to hold a brake cable, while closing the caliper so you can adjust the brake's tension. They are also stellar at pulling tension on zip ties...pull till the break! Zip ties would still be iffy though, because there is no frapping to really snug them down...

Thought I had enough off cuts... I am an inveterate recycler. All this old scrap from other projects becomes a coaming form. After I add a few more blocks. The dark notch is where the tapered end of the overlap will be anchored.

I just met an Australian bloke who described himself as a petrol head. Charming turn of phrase, and I wondered if it is a universal epithet down there? I figured you would know, with your hubby's affliction on display in your posts. I dig the purple. I am also bungee less, so I used short lengths of twine sized line. Adjustable, and no sticky residue...

Angled cuts on a tablesaw always scare me. Worked with an old boy who would cove on them by running a fence diagonally to the blade, and running the board over the blade... I've been slowly retreating from power tools. I tempted fate for 20 years, knock wood. My one brush was a hypoid saw kicking back while cutting a curve for a skateboard ramp. One place where you for sure want the blade just peeking through is cutting curves with a round blade. For what it's worth, an old mentor of mine used to put the blade way up on the tablesaw. Said it cut truer and better... Different skins, different stitches, eh?

Take that, football! I have been building that futon/couch frame in the background. My coaming stock is soaking for the big steam. I still have to lash in the ash floorboards, to match the coaming, don't you know. Jeff, you ain't lying about this recycled stuff being like canvas. I'm tempted to mount and size some to paint on! this FreeB is a pretty boat... Did I mention it's 105 and there is a huge fire up the road a piece?

Yikes. Better to cut and bruise than prune. Maybe somebody's telling you to get some of that walnut for the floorboards... Seriously, speedy recovery.

I would never put a structural screw into the edge of a piece of plywood. That's like screwing into the end grain of a natural board. If you are building a Kudzu boat, I wouldn't stray too far from the designer's specs, the methods are clearly tested and succesful. Otherwise, do whatever the designer says, especially if the designer is you.

Man, I do like the stripers. I'd love to catch one on that side.

I only have one problem with seals/sea lions... They is what the white sharks eat. They make new ones off the Farallone Islands, you know, so we get our share of the white sharks. I was swimming once when I was swarmed by a school of sea lions. In a wetsuit, half mile off shore. I felt delicious looking for a while... Another time, I actually saw a fin while surfing. Hard to decide whether to wait or paddle in. Seals plus skin boat make me just as nervous. What if Jaws decides he wants a taste? That's why I always carry a harpoon and a tourniquet.