UCanoe_2

Today at long last I installed the little forward deck, which is a major structural component. Dispensing PL Premium with a manual...

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Backpackers use Excel spreadsheets to develop a gear checklist and calculate weights. We can easily adapt the spreadsheets for canoe...

Your canoe really looks sharp! Now you have to paint your truck to match.....

Mast Partner Mark I was cut from an ash board made from a tree on our property that was killed by the Emerald Ash Borer. The tree was...

Remember those model airplane kit instructions that said, "Paint all parts before assembly?" At last, a primer coat on the boat...

Still more trial fitting.

I used a router to cut an arc on the aft edge of the breasthook, same as with the deck. I also used a router to round over and bevel...

First trial fitting.

Now it's time to make the breasthook, a major structural member that holds the bow of the boat together. After much trial and error...

I also used the router to cut a doubler for the hatch, and a doubler for a possible cleat. Here the underside of the deck is ready for...

The circular saw and sabre saw did not cut accurately. The bandsaw did a much better job. I laid out an arc of a circle on the aft...

Thanks for the tip! Mr. Hubbard's journal is an appendix to his wife's book. I couldn't read the whole thing. I stopped when he was...

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SOLD -- Thanks for looking.