From The Great White North...

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Rollie Smith

Royal Canaidian Mouted Police

Beaver Creek

Yukon Territory

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[ 2]Hello Paul… [/] Greetings from the great white north… I’m still waiting on cork for the side rails of my board… While I was waiting for materials… I made a dog sled with the same concept… It gave me a chance to work with the epoxy and the polyester… I learned a lot… Anyways, take care… Rollie 

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too cool!

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Paul: Thanks for posting the pictures.

Rollie: It looks like you have created the snowboard of the sled world. Having very little experience with sleds, I was wondering how you keep it from sliding out on ice. Do you have runners on the bottem? In any case - nice work!

Patrick

Edited: Upon closer examination I now see the runners.

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Paul,

I have a 13 year old daughter that is sled dog crazy. Wants to move the family to Alaska. We have talked about building a sled( she harnesses her dogs to her bike, now). Is there any more info about materials, plans, construction, that could be forwarded or access by me?Mike

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Thanks for posting the pics Paul, as Ive been workshopping ideas for modifying a long skate to mimic a dog sled as my akita and labby think it’s just hysterical to yank me off my board as many times as possible per “outs”, partially dislocating shoulders in the process, I figure a sled with a crude stomp brake might do the trick.Secondly you gotta love a watercraft that your pooches can be in direct participation with. Please pass on to Rollie “beatiful work”. Glenn

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thanks for the nice words guys. I found sled plans in the September/October 1999 issue of MUSHING magazine, and then just kind of modified them to suit my purpose. Once I learned to cut tenon joints and router mortises, it was pretty easy. If you can’t get the back issue, send your address and I’ll make a copy for you.