tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-897731496472085610.post5014839857059354826..comments2024-02-13T14:08:20.809-08:00Comments on Outrigger Sailing Canoes: Tarawa Overhaul and RepaintGary.Dierkinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03075364076488992033noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-897731496472085610.post-11456121100265988852016-06-04T03:23:15.712-07:002016-06-04T03:23:15.712-07:00Already looking much better than when I saw it lyi...Already looking much better than when I saw it lying in the grass! I just put away my canoe for winter. Still mulling over the next experiment to try.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11497879463749999404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-897731496472085610.post-2330746456778231822016-05-22T09:21:08.632-07:002016-05-22T09:21:08.632-07:00Another boat, along with Harmen's small proa, ...Another boat, along with Harmen's small proa, that inspired us all over some years of proa fantasizing, discussion, and even some building! And of course a testament to the rugged building technique. <br /><br />(A funny related story about preservation: for the 2011 Everglades Challenge I was whining about not having time to build a bigger leeboard, and a friend said he had one and would send it. It was a discarded board from an old big proa that had been used to keep his woodpile over the damp ground for the last 10 years. He cut it down and mailed it. Fiberglass and epoxy over wood, it was in perfect shape, which I could clearly see because the cut showed a cross-section of the inner structure). Wade Tarziahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02876387351164907807noreply@blogger.com