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I will inherit my Dads (Pistol Pete) 17' Old Town Tripper with the white gunwales. This OT Tripper has seen the Dead, Allagash, Seboeis, St. John, Penobscot River East and West, St. Croix and Machias. The underside of the canoe definitely wears the battle scars well. The downside of a well...

I always expect a bear encounter so I am quite vigilant about keeping a clean camp, but honestly I think I fear Moose more than bears especially during the rut. Those "Chipmunk / Red Squirrel Bears" can make quite a bit of noise at night time. My number one fear is and always will be that my...

Can't hurt to learn something new. I will adventure into the weaving world when the time comes and see how I do. First I believe I need to rebuild the seats. Without taking the seats apart I believe that dry rot has taken over. I will know more when I actually do take them apart. I must...

I think I am done with the stern stem and inwales. I have reached a level of personal satisfaction for my skill level. I made a new deck out of some left over maple that I had kicking around. With the old deck installed there was some unfavorable pull to the port side so I relaxed the stem...

Robin, thanks for sharing. Your cruiser is beautiful. The color choice is remarkable also. When I make my run to Northwoods Canoe I will take a look to see what he has. I may also be slightly tempted to try and weave my own seats. Never weaved a seat before, but I might just give it a go.

Finished the Stern Inwale scarfing and stem repair. I think I have some fine tuning to do in regard to the tenon and inwale fitment but overall I am pleased. When the deck is reinstalled the starboard side original deck markings on the inwale are off by 1/4" and I am trying to figure this out...

I have decided to keep the two seats for a tandem configuration. Having taken measurements of the seating in the chum I believe that I will be fine paddling the Chum from the bow seat like I typically do with my cedar strip. I am most certain that the keel will remain off the hull. Robin do...

Today’s progress: Removed the stern deck and cut the stem below the rot. Templated the angle cut and stem profile to a piece of thin veneer wood, traced and then cut the new stem replacement piece. Mixed up some epoxy and now it sits waiting to be solid as woodpecker lips. I plan to shape the...

My center thwart does not seem to have the same scratch beading profile that yours is showing.

You beat me to the very same question that I was going to ask you Robin. Depending on time and my desire to use the chum next canoe season I will most likely scarf the new repair with some left over ash that I still have in the shop from the Wabnaki build. I can always replace the outwales...

I feel like I am running out of time but at the same time I am certainly taking my time. Slow steady progress.

The heated workshop is a bonus for sure. During my Cedar Strip Canoe build and my desire to canoe the following Spring I needed heat in the basement in order to follow through with the glassing of the canoe. I bought and installed an affordable $150 pellet stove off a coworker and have been...

The key part of this message is "and a wife who understands". Made me chuckle a bit. Great looking canoe Robin. When will you be adding on to your workshop? You are clearly running out of storage space.

Patrick, looks like we have very similar specifications. Here is the same illustrational pose indicating my "Chums" rib spacing. There is also the growing number involved with my chum. So fully agree with your take on that.

Murat V, this is all fascinating research and thank you for the resources that you have provided. I can not confirm that the original seats were slat seats as they were caned with no evidence of any previous slatting. Coincidentally I started a new thread tonight

My first owned wood canvas canoe restoration of the Chestnut Chum.....or Chestnut "Doe" has commenced. Rib spacing is 1.5” which leads me to believe that I may have the “Doe” which is the economy version of the chum. I was fortunate enough to find this Chestnut Chum/Doe almost a year ago but...

I would be curious to learn what the rib spacing is on your Chestnut Chum. I am also in the midst of a Chestnut Chum restoration and my measurements tonight revealed that they are 1.5". This makes me wonder if in fact I have the Chestnut "Doe" which per Mike Elliotts "This Old Canoe" would...

Welcome and best of luck Keith! I think you will find a wealth of interested persons on this forum that will undoubtedly support your unique "canoe only" venture! I look forward to visiting the shop at some point and wish you the best of luck and success. Just did a google map distance check...

Gamma I am thoroughly enjoying this trip report. Well written and detailed. I am looking forward to your next installment.

I bumped into the paddling group that I had mentioned in my report and something that one individual said that touched me was, “We are paddling waters that have been paddled for 10,000 years by the indigenous people. Additionally we are celebrating them by paddling the same waters on Indigenous...