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Just applied the second (and last) coat of varnish to this JR Robertson 16’ courting canoe this morning.

The last couple of months I enjoyed being on the forum. Now not so much. Bloody ocean. Great canoe for a decent price.

I'd also note that in event of a capsize, it's far easier to roll a kayak (if the water is deep enough)..... But canoes are still...

To put a rib in, I machine and sand the rib. Next I steam it, bend the first corner then force the end up under the gunnels and then...

I'm of the belief that paddles are a tool, just like canoes, and to really be called a paddle it's just begging for at least one jaunt...

My sons disco has a similar hog problem. Solved for the time with am ash rib forced in and wedged up under the gunnels. Before that...

I aware of your paddle making and paddling: both are way beyond my level! When I make things, I get comments like 'oh it's too good to...

I really can't understand how you could NOT go out and use a paddle like that, even only once. Sam

In short there are a few sentences that keep comming back in this kind of questions 1 a canoe is better then no canoe The prefered...

That one's had a tough life......long may it continue!

The best canoe when you're out on the water is the one you're paddling

Earlier in this thread I mentioned I needed to cain the seats for a JR Robertson canoe. Unfortunately, I gave up on them, I just...

A proud Chestnut Prosecutor owner showing off his freshly restored canoe.

JR Robertson coming along, it has closed gunnels which are new to me, and they need new ends. Pleasant way to wile away the winter in a...

Good Luck. The WCPP trip I did last September was originally booked for 2020. Hope it all works out for you as it did for me...