: This is sounding a lot like my first kayak, built in 1990 from 1963
: Mechanix Illustrated encyclopedia plans. They called it the
: Canvasback. I did use airplane dope. I constantly feared (maybe
: too much) tearing the canvas. I feel a lot better about the 12
: oz. nylon I used recently, though I may step down to 9 oz. But,
: I haven't been around any other SOF builders to really SEE what
: else is working.

: Yeah, that's 12 feet long, and definitely too small for me!

That's our boat! Same magazine and boat name. I thought these were from the 50's, but it's definetly the same boat. How did you seal the canvas? At just over 5'8" tall I'm hoping that I'll be able to use this for a few trips down the Wisconsin river this year with the boys.