Here's an article about a neighbor of mine who builds and restores wood canvas canoes. I bought my first wood canvas canoe from him many years ago, a 16' Chestnut Pal which I have tripped with exclusively since.
When I was in the market for my first wood canvas canoe, I remember him telling me how much he enjoyed seeing a canoe he restored coming back years later needing attention cause the owner had used it hard tripping. It made him just as disappointed to restore a canoe that was put on a mantel for show, never to be used as it was built for.
He's a good neighbor, a good citizen of our town who gives back alot, and a friend who knows more about canoes than anybody I have ever met.
http://www.countytimes.com/articles...50aac305c6f11512342289.txt?viewmode=fullstory
When I was in the market for my first wood canvas canoe, I remember him telling me how much he enjoyed seeing a canoe he restored coming back years later needing attention cause the owner had used it hard tripping. It made him just as disappointed to restore a canoe that was put on a mantel for show, never to be used as it was built for.
He's a good neighbor, a good citizen of our town who gives back alot, and a friend who knows more about canoes than anybody I have ever met.
http://www.countytimes.com/articles...50aac305c6f11512342289.txt?viewmode=fullstory