: Let's hope this guy was paddling his own boat, and not his SO's!!

: If you can reasonably force the broken wood back into place, then let it all
: dry out, slather it with epoxy, and shove it back into place. You may have
: to brace the broken pieces in the hole until the epoxy cures. (This repair
: will work better).

: If there's absolutely no re-assembling the broken pieces, cut a clean hole,
: and fill it with new wood.

: Say, I know of a guy in Montana who almost lost a $2000 graphite solo racing
: canoe off the top of a canoe trailer on Sunday night. The front rope
: parted-- the back rope held, but when the front lifted, the 1/4"
: nylon line CUT INTO THE HULL! There's a jagged tear about 10" long
: right at the chine, and another puncture 4" in diameter where the
: boat smacked the rudder apparatus of another boat.

: He should have a fun time of patching graphite/kevlar while still trying to
: keep the canoe light!

: Shawn

Yes, it was surely "his" boat and not "hers". She would kick some a** if I put a hole in her new yak although she has managed to scratch it a bit. I finally have some nice pictures of hers taken from various angles with nice lightings and some on-water shots as well. Some nice details shots of the purpleheart coaming as well as the inlaid fish next to the cockpit. We got to surf some nice 2 ft wind driven waves up in maine the day after I had my little yak-rock encounter too.

I just got most pictures back yesterday so will try and get them scanned up at work soon. Takes a while since they are slides and the resolution isn't so good.

Hope you are enjoying the paddling out west.

By the way, I just put a rye ale into keg, a alt into secondary, and a smoked porter (mildly smoked at last nights tasting) into secondary too. Gonna brew a strong scottish next week. You might want to look for a package later this month or early next. Gotta get you back brewing now that the yak is done...

Thanks for the repair suggestion.

Gotta get the yak fixed by the Newfound Rend. in a few weeks.

pete Albany, NY