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What I noticed with the traditional wooden fishing boat here was in the springtime when it came time to scrap and paint, the dark colored hulls were dry and hard.

Places where there was white...

NORTH SHORE!, If you are looking for quiet, isolated anchorages, small welcoming fishing villages, then travel the Lower North Shore. After leaving beautiful Québec city, work you way up along the...

Yup, as I mentioned most people here burn soft woods as they are more abundant, and easier to harvest ( done in the winter by snowmobile) we have some white birch which is our only hard wood. ...

For boat building up here in NE Canada we mostly use only spruce, fir and Tamarack which I understand is another name used for larch. It has been used primarily for steam bent timbers and the roots...

I live on a small island 300 persons, isolated, my boat does not have an holding tank, neither does all the other fishing boats in the region. As early as fifty years ago the vast majority of...

The Paul Gartside project was indeed a great article. When I need a ''feel good moment I take his 43' motorsailor study plans down off the book shelf... Presently I am looking to build a 38-40'...

Thanks guys for the info,

I will indeed do a ''taste test'' to see what is in there presently. I have mineral oil that goes in the base of my dive compressor, that should do the job. Was...

Hello everyone,

I have a couple compasses that have air bubbles,

Wondering what is the recommended liquid to fill them back up.

Just my 2 cents but it seems like leaving them aboard the...