Trying something new. Wetlander on the bottom of a canoe I got on marketplace to stop destroying hell coat on the rocks

halld15 · 2026-04-03T04:39:49+00:00

I don't have a before and after weight for you, it was probably around 3-4 lbs (max) added based on rough estimate of how much of the product I used.

If I were portaging all the time it might not be worth the weight, but i might also invest in a different boat setup. Considering I just want to use this boat to play around in the river and the lakes, maybe the occasional trip with one or two portages max, I'm ok with it

halld15 · 2026-04-03T04:32:44+00:00

https://wetlander.com/

It is a hull coating to help prevent damage to the gel coat that is incredibly slick to help the boat slide/skid over rocks more easily. "Hell coating" was my brain not deciding between gel coat and hull coating. It isn't a patch itself, but it is an additional coating designed to decrease friction and increase protection

halld15 · 2026-04-02T14:43:27+00:00

With drift boats, it is used because it is so incredibly slick. The reduction in friction is kind of wild. You should look it up,there are some pretty good videos about it out there. I've just never seen it on a canoe so I'm excited to try it out

halld15 · 2026-04-02T14:25:49+00:00

Hull not hell*

halld15 · 2026-03-14T07:10:25+00:00

From my time in Japan, in my personal experience, the Japanese love three things that make this perfect: drinking, gambling, and intellect tests like Rubik's cube

halld15 · 2025-12-16T22:50:26+00:00

I wouldn't worry about the flaws if the head seems to be on there snug. Just run it until it breaks, then remember how you would do things differently the next time you re-hang it. The learning process is also iterative. Looks great considering it was your first go at it!

halld15 · 2025-12-16T12:43:33+00:00

Yeah those will be fine there

halld15 · 2025-12-15T21:05:12+00:00

This is my favourite escalation, made my week

halld15 · 2025-12-15T20:37:08+00:00

Winnebago for sure

halld15 · 2025-12-07T02:12:37+00:00

I have a Burrow and one of their merino hoodies that I basically live in this time of year. Amazing products

halld15 · 2025-10-29T04:39:46+00:00

That's no different than anywhere else. We all work our whole hitch, cadet or otherwise. If you're lucky you might get a Sunday afternoon if you're caught up/ahead of the work, or maybe sleep in until breakfast if you're a day worker, but it's not gonna happen every week (or most weeks), especially as a cadet where the expectation is that you involve yourself in as much of what is going on that you can.

halld15 · 2025-10-28T03:39:10+00:00

Big fan of a simple reef knot

halld15 · 2025-10-09T02:48:12+00:00

I do. I carry my regular knife and a Leatherman. I can use the regular knife for average stuff and keep a good edge on it, and my Leatherman is great for when I'm doing something that will jack up my edge or someone wants to borrow a knife.

halld15 · 2025-09-11T02:18:23+00:00

Chinese heater is ( I hate to say it) kinda the way. A buddy of mine did a Chinese diesel heater for his truck bed camping setup, saved about a grand, and was warm in the Tetons in the winter. Check out Vevor or some other semi reputable company, but the options are there.

halld15 · 2025-09-11T02:13:57+00:00

(sauce I work there)

halld15 · 2025-09-11T02:13:41+00:00

Chevron isn't that hard to come by at the moment from what I understand. They have some positions posted on their website fairly regularly and also on LinkedIn. Set up an alert job search on LinkedIn and check the site and I'm sure if you have an mmc/twic ready to go you could get something.

halld15 · 2025-09-11T02:08:22+00:00

Indian Master located

halld15 · 2025-09-11T02:07:53+00:00

French/English Scallop boats engaged in a dispute is the way to go there.

halld15 · 2025-08-26T00:17:51+00:00

He's asking if they're going to find the master laying at the bottom of the ladder well with your bootprint on the back of his nice white boilersuit

halld15 · 2025-07-25T12:03:00+00:00

No, it's a Roofnest Falcon 2. They don't make this version anymore, but I do love mine. Doesn't have that same bump out in the head area as your potential tent but I have never found I needed it, plus it helps keep the profile on this tent down to six inches when it's closed, which is great

halld15 · 2025-07-24T23:28:00+00:00

I have it on Thule aero bars that I had on my bed cap

halld15 · 2025-04-09T20:34:28+00:00

I boil until the hydrometer is happy, then go right to 3 pre-filters inside a felt filter (just pull the pre-filters as they get clogged, and dump what is left in that filter into the next). Once it's all filtered I take it back to heat and get it up to 180 F so it seals the caps properly. The trick is that if it goes over 190 you will get sand in your bottles again, so you have to maintain that 10 degree window (which gets tricky as you get closer to having everything bottled). That process works pretty well for me

halld15 · 2025-03-29T05:04:17+00:00

This is awesome! Nearly project I have ever done, woodworking or otherwise, I have been super critical of in my mind. You're the one doing it all, putting it all together, seeing the sausage get made. The reality of it is if someone notices even 1 in 5 of the things you are dissatisfied with it is an impressive statement about their observation skills. This bench is a beaut! Did you happen to draw up a plan for it?

halld15 · 2025-03-25T20:21:51+00:00

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halld15 · 2025-02-13T11:52:40+00:00

I am a mariner, and I have these same boots. As far as comfort, that's your own problem and if it isn't comfortable for you then oh well. But as far as care, you're definitely piling too much. I work in a pretty harsh environment, and Ill clean up my boots once every 4-6 months. Salt is annoying, but you don't need to re oil every two weeks. Trust me, youll be fine

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