"Congratulations! That's a major accomplishment. And it looks like you did a fantastic job all the way!"

"Here's a great tutorial, but it baffles me the author used yellow polypro.  hahahttp://shoelessmusings.blogspot.com/2013/10/serving-you-perfect-oar-wrap.htmlInner/outer turks head for bulk makes sense, thanks. Mine just got a water-based…"

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"Do you love the turks head oar stops?  I was thinking of the same for mine.  The plastic ones are so noisy and don't fit the soul of a wooden oar!!Did you do a TH over a core?  I was thinking like 8 lead, 5 bight with the same…"

"Had a great launch with beautiful weather and an overnight trip on the Flathead with my daughter and our friends."

"Interesting that you used tulip poplar.  It's a very resilient wood.  Hadn't heard of using it for oars, but that makes sense.  What is your current shaft dimension?  My old ones were 1.75" round, and I tapered…"

"Followup: based on the directions from my plan designer, I built my dory right-side up, but blocked the bow/stern up and forced the midships down with braces up to my roof trusses (similar detail as recommended by Capt. Culler)IMG_6247.jpg I made…"

"I have to agree with Ants. Use what is locally available to you.  If you MUST go for something high-end, then order sitka spruce, Port Orford cedar, or Alaska Yellow cedar. I've built 16 oars now, all fir.  The ones that felt heavy…"

"Flipped the boat once more to glass the underside of the deck hatch lips I added...glass doesn't like to hang upside down! Time for latches, gunnel bolts, and hinges. Launching Sunday!"

"Shawn. Autocorrect!"

"I'd consider large float bags instead of built-in flotation (unless you want to completely deck everything). Look at what open canoeists do---they fill open volume with float bags and then put a spray cover over everything so a large wave…"

"Looking damn good Sean!"

"...what's your experience on the Salmon?  Do you hit the wavetrains?  Seems that missing them might put you in rockier water (generally assuming that most wavetrains run down the green tongue)."

"Decked or open?Seems the Lower Salmon has big water."

"Decks are nearly complete and fill coated.  Finishing details on the hatch lips.  Flow coated the gunnels.Flow Coated"

"Thank you sir!"