Daan, it sounds like that fire star was a real lesson in perseverance. Well done on seeing it through.

I wish I could be at the launching. It is going to be a real hoot when you take it to the local canal and find it too small to accommodate all seven ft of you.

You have all the forms already, I would pay the royalty and start another right away, but not poplar this time... I suspect the poplar was not the ideal wood for staining. I only use it for pin stripes,and even then it has to be watched, as it absorbs resin at a different rate to everything else.

Have you ever considered a paddling holiday in Ireland?

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