: I haven't built a baidarka bow, so please forgive me if I am
: putting my paddle into someone else's pond...

: However, a couple of the construction pictures I have seen suggest,
: perhaps incorrectly to me, that the solid wood bow may not be
: fully encased in glass and epoxy. If that is the case, I second
: the suggestions others have made to use epoxy, probably slightly
: thickened as suggested by Etienne. It will take very little
: epoxy material, and it the structure will be more impervious to
: water than it would by using any of the pva glues.

: Best regards,

: Allan Edie

It is entirely encapsulated with epoxy/glass, according to my plans :)

Bill H.