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Brent Ross replied to Brent Ross's discussion 'Varnish Selection'
Same here varnish inside and out...not looking forward to the inside.
mitchell replied to Brent Ross's discussion 'Varnish Selection'
Varnish here inside and out. The outside is a breeze to sand and varnish. The inside is a bear. It involves way to much time, sand paper, dust, mask, noise and beer.
Would I be wacked to think I could remove 40 years of varnish then oil?
Charles Ray Heater replied to Brent Ross's discussion 'Varnish Selection'
Brent:
I have used the Z-Spar a lot in the past. Now it may have changed in the past 20 years but I have found that compared to Epifanes the Z-Spar has less "body". In my unscientific opinion the more "body" a marine varnish has…
Brent Ross replied to Brent Ross's discussion 'Varnish Selection'
Thanks Ray!
How would you rate the UV protection compared to Z-Spar?
Mike Dearing replied to Brent Ross's discussion 'Varnish Selection'
Looking forward to hearing your story Randy. I thought only us rafters swam on winter runs, hope you had your drysuit on;)
Mike
Charles Ray Heater replied to Brent Ross's discussion 'Varnish Selection'
I have used everything but Bristol. My preference is Epifanes. My friend Nils Eriksson of Bend got me started on this varnish about 20 years ago. It is very full bodied so it takes a little doctoring to use. I think because of it's body it…
Brent Ross replied to Brent Ross's discussion 'Varnish Selection'
Thanks, I was wondering if the existing varnish would be compatible with Bristol, I guess that narrows it down to Z-spar.
Thanks Randy!
Lawrence E. Long replied to Brent Ross's discussion 'Varnish Selection'
have done 4 canoes,1 Driftboat, 1 peapod,1 skiff- all with Flagship- good price good results
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Rogue River October 09
I just got back from my first Rogue Wild and Scenic trip! What a blast! We had three very seasoned Rogue rafters (Scott, Marv and Dave), Greg Hatten, and Randy and Sandy Dersham rowing the wood. Randy took "Tubby" the pram, which looked like it handled the white water very well (I'm sure he can share more details). The river was running around 1200cfs during our trip.
After Randy and Sandy took the left route on Slim Pickens, there was a lot of talk amongst our group on the better… Continue
After Randy and Sandy took the left route on Slim Pickens, there was a lot of talk amongst our group on the better… Continue
Posted on October 6, 2009 at 9:04pm — 2 Comments
Comment Wall (8 comments)
- At 4:51pm on March 30, 2009,
Karl Mueller said… - Hey Brent. Saw you sold your oars w/out contacting me . . . .
- At 10:44am on March 19, 2009,
Jason Knight said… - It won't let me private message you for some reason.
- At 3:07pm on December 23, 2008,
Mike Dearing said… - I was just talking with Greg Hatten about the wood boat festival last night. I knew they had one out of state, but had no idea they had one in Oregon. I think I want to go, but would really only be interested as long as everyone took some kind of group float together. Hey its fun to talk boats, but these things are made to be used and to be right on the McKenzie like that would just be a waste.
We are heading out on a new years float down the wild section of the Rogue new years day, gonna be a little on the cool side, but to me as long as I'm on the river I'm a happy camper!
Heres something else to check out. Last month I took a trip down the Illinois with a very cool group of people, was a lot of fun, kinda scary, but still a blast . Here's a link to that trip with video at the bottom of our runs at Green Wall.
http://oregonrafting.org/illinois_11_15_08_trip_report.html
- At 3:06pm on December 23, 2008,
Mike Dearing said…
- I was just talking with Greg Hatten about the wood boat festival last night. I knew they had one out of state, but had no idea they had one in Oregon. I think I want to go, but would really only be interested as long as everyone took some kind of group float together. Hey its fun to talk boats, but these things are made to be used and to be right on the McKenzie like that would just be a waste.
We are heading out on a new years float down the wild section of the Rogue new years day, gonna be a little on the cool side, but to me as long as I'm on the river I'm a happy camper!
Heres something else to check out. Last month I took a trip down the Illinois with a very cool group of people, was a lot of fun, kinda scary, but still lots of fun. Here's a link to that trip with video at the bottom of our runs at Green Wall.
http://oregonrafting.org/illinois_11_15_08_trip_report.html
- At 2:11pm on December 23, 2008,
Mike Dearing said…
- Hi Brent,
Good to meet you , so to speak!
Thanks for the compliments, your boat looks pretty nice too. Cant go wrong with a wood boat in the looks department though,even the old ones look cool to me.
Sounds like you kinda new to the whole driftboat thing huh? Well there's a lot to learn and to tell the truth I don't think you ever really stop learning unless you just run the same piece of water over and over again.
I started rowing in my wood boat about seven years ago too. It was fun learning in it, but now I use my Willie drifter for most of my fishing, and my rafts for day trips/camping on harder rivers. The wood boat is my summer showoff boat, the parade queen!
Ive got another ID on this board Mike D ( I am having sign in issues with it) so now I have two pages...anyways theres a few more pictures I posted there of all my boats on some of the rivers we run, check em out.
If you have any questions or want to float the Rogue sometime let me know.
Mike
- At 7:48pm on November 24, 2008,
Greg Hatten said… - Nice Boat!!! I bet you paid a fortune for it!!
- At 8:35pm on November 20, 2008,
Brent Ross said… - Thanks Randy! I bought it from a guy out in Pleasant Hill. Nice site!
- At 6:56pm on November 20, 2008,
Randy Dersham said… - Welcome online Brent. Good looking boat. Did you buy it here in Eugene?
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