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Wait, YARR isn’t done yet. I needed to put the yoke back in and hang YARR from the shop scale.
P6220031 by Mike McCrea, on Flickr
There is something levitation delightful about a canoe hanging perfectly balanced from a single strap. I snug up the cam strap, adjust as necessary and move the horses and foam blocks out from underneath.
I didn’t need much strap adjustment. Serendipitously the weight of the (aft of) center seat equalized the weight of the bow utility thwart, and the balance point is still at the old yoke location. Geeze, I’d hate to carry YARR twenty feet twice a year if it were a wee bit unbalanced.
Before I commenced the re-rebuild YARR was 84lbs. With the addition of the center seat, foot brace, additional thwart and bow utility thwart, many glass patches & epoxy, minicel and exercise foam, a lot of paint and a few gee gaws. . . . . 90lbs on the button, including the weight of the yoke.
Its look-alike cousin OOSOBO is the nicest looking canoe at Prettyboy
P3090001 by Mike McCrea, on Flickr
YARR will be the nicest looking canoe next spring at Liberty.
Cushy, well appointed tandem.
P6230034 by Mike McCrea, on Flickr
The wing nutted yoke will come out when it first gets chained up at the reservoir in March. Hopefully I remember to bring it when I return to fetch it in December. Always a little left to do, enamel paint pen “YARR YOKE” scrawled on the bottom.
Sweet solo; glad I drew the gunwales in a touch on the original rebuild.
P6230037 by Mike McCrea, on Flickr
Very distinctive paint scheme.
P6230039 by Mike McCrea, on Flickr
Distinctive yes, but, wait, I’ve seen that canoe somewhere else.
P1230007 by Mike McCrea, on Flickr
That was, as usual, too much fun, and only took a month’s worth of an hour or two a day. I really need to find another derelict canoe as a summer shop project. Not one that weighs 90 lbs.
P6220031 by Mike McCrea, on Flickr
There is something levitation delightful about a canoe hanging perfectly balanced from a single strap. I snug up the cam strap, adjust as necessary and move the horses and foam blocks out from underneath.
I didn’t need much strap adjustment. Serendipitously the weight of the (aft of) center seat equalized the weight of the bow utility thwart, and the balance point is still at the old yoke location. Geeze, I’d hate to carry YARR twenty feet twice a year if it were a wee bit unbalanced.
Before I commenced the re-rebuild YARR was 84lbs. With the addition of the center seat, foot brace, additional thwart and bow utility thwart, many glass patches & epoxy, minicel and exercise foam, a lot of paint and a few gee gaws. . . . . 90lbs on the button, including the weight of the yoke.
Its look-alike cousin OOSOBO is the nicest looking canoe at Prettyboy
P3090001 by Mike McCrea, on Flickr
YARR will be the nicest looking canoe next spring at Liberty.
Cushy, well appointed tandem.
P6230034 by Mike McCrea, on Flickr
The wing nutted yoke will come out when it first gets chained up at the reservoir in March. Hopefully I remember to bring it when I return to fetch it in December. Always a little left to do, enamel paint pen “YARR YOKE” scrawled on the bottom.
Sweet solo; glad I drew the gunwales in a touch on the original rebuild.
P6230037 by Mike McCrea, on Flickr
Very distinctive paint scheme.
P6230039 by Mike McCrea, on Flickr
Distinctive yes, but, wait, I’ve seen that canoe somewhere else.
P1230007 by Mike McCrea, on Flickr
That was, as usual, too much fun, and only took a month’s worth of an hour or two a day. I really need to find another derelict canoe as a summer shop project. Not one that weighs 90 lbs.