Your interior looks better than most of mine. A light sanding and varnish, call it a day. Or better yet, roll on a couple of coats of tremclad, there's a nice forest green.
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Ashes Solo Trip build
- Thread starter Rex Stardust
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This thing has had a bit of a workout now so I thought I'd give one final update. I used 3/16" strips with 6oz E-glass on the outer hull, 2 extra strips at the stems and a 4oz football layer. The inner hull is several perpendicular lengths of 4oz with an extra wide overlap in the center to account for the excessive sanding I had to do in that section. I have no concerns about the stiffness in that area.
The gunnels have two 1/4" cedar strips on the inner and one on the outer, then another strip of walnut to cover the cedar. Perhaps more work than it was worth, but it looks cool. Walnut thwarts, handles and yoke and a seat with laminated cedar and walnut. I still need to replace the plywood seat drops that I made so I could experiment with seat height. We'll see when I get around to that.
Overall, I'm very satisfied with the canoe but I see the advantage of a slightly narrower boat (this one is 33"). I feel like I'm reaching out just a little too far to paddle with full comfort. One of my design decisions included travelling with a dog though so I'm not at all upset to have the extra capacity.
This is the first solo I've paddled so I have no frame of reference on the handling. I've been adjusting trim by moving packs around and the only real issue I ran into was a very windy and wavey downwind lake crossing. Luckily it wasn't too far but I did have to work to keep things under control. I can comfortably paddle at 5kph and if I'm in a hurry, sit and switch adds another 1 or 2. I'm assuming a narrower canoe like the Kite or Osprey would be more efficient but this has been fine for me. The extra width may add to the stability as well and even with a very rambunctious dog copilot, it's plenty stable.
Next step is to add skidplates. I'm sure the stems are plenty durable as is for years of use but I have some fairly remote trips in mind and I don't want to feel like I have to baby the thing. After that, I have a tandem to build for trips with the wife and I have some major repairs to make on a carbon fiber Magic I came across. According to the previous owner, he wiped out in some rapids on the Churchill river and it took a tumble. Had to get flown out.
Thanks for all your advice. Super happy it came out as well as it did.
Oops, almost forgot. 48 pounds with the yoke.
Duane
The gunnels have two 1/4" cedar strips on the inner and one on the outer, then another strip of walnut to cover the cedar. Perhaps more work than it was worth, but it looks cool. Walnut thwarts, handles and yoke and a seat with laminated cedar and walnut. I still need to replace the plywood seat drops that I made so I could experiment with seat height. We'll see when I get around to that.
Overall, I'm very satisfied with the canoe but I see the advantage of a slightly narrower boat (this one is 33"). I feel like I'm reaching out just a little too far to paddle with full comfort. One of my design decisions included travelling with a dog though so I'm not at all upset to have the extra capacity.
This is the first solo I've paddled so I have no frame of reference on the handling. I've been adjusting trim by moving packs around and the only real issue I ran into was a very windy and wavey downwind lake crossing. Luckily it wasn't too far but I did have to work to keep things under control. I can comfortably paddle at 5kph and if I'm in a hurry, sit and switch adds another 1 or 2. I'm assuming a narrower canoe like the Kite or Osprey would be more efficient but this has been fine for me. The extra width may add to the stability as well and even with a very rambunctious dog copilot, it's plenty stable.
Next step is to add skidplates. I'm sure the stems are plenty durable as is for years of use but I have some fairly remote trips in mind and I don't want to feel like I have to baby the thing. After that, I have a tandem to build for trips with the wife and I have some major repairs to make on a carbon fiber Magic I came across. According to the previous owner, he wiped out in some rapids on the Churchill river and it took a tumble. Had to get flown out.
Thanks for all your advice. Super happy it came out as well as it did.
Oops, almost forgot. 48 pounds with the yoke.
Duane
Looks nice.
On my first build, I widened the hull, very similar to this ! I found I struggled to hold a straight line of travel, untill I heeled it a little, the Heeling whipped that hull into shape nicely.
With this build under your belt ? You are in line to build another.
I know I'm still building.
Again Nice build.
Jim
On my first build, I widened the hull, very similar to this ! I found I struggled to hold a straight line of travel, untill I heeled it a little, the Heeling whipped that hull into shape nicely.
With this build under your belt ? You are in line to build another.
I know I'm still building.
Again Nice build.
Jim
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Awesome looking canoe and I'm glad you're planning more.
Did you laminate gunwales in place on the hull or build them & then install? I'm interested to see a close-up of them. (and, yes, we all make decisions when building. Sometimes they really are more trouble than they're worth but it's really cool when they work out.)
