As a result of ppine's "like", I realized the links I had to the referenced pics has gone bye bye...
Here is my old post repeated, but with the pics inserted directly.
I spent my childhood in family canoes wood and canvas and boomalum
When I was 16 I bought the other half of a sportspal cause that’s what my father wanted
I named it “the cork” for the way it bobbed and moved as fast sideways as forward
the first canoe of my own was a redwood stripped comp cruiser that I built at age 22
I always thought it was too heavy at 62 lbs but it was fast and had tons of room
that was the second stripper I built
the first was with a buddy because I had “the cork” and he had nothing
Not the best photo, but here is that buddy's truck, with our canoes on top. His 18 ft Micmac in pine, my 18'6" Comp cruiser in redwood.
And here's that same cruiser, 15 years later, with my daughter paddling stern and my nephew in the bow...
Here is my old post repeated, but with the pics inserted directly.
I spent my childhood in family canoes wood and canvas and boomalum
When I was 16 I bought the other half of a sportspal cause that’s what my father wanted
I named it “the cork” for the way it bobbed and moved as fast sideways as forward
the first canoe of my own was a redwood stripped comp cruiser that I built at age 22
I always thought it was too heavy at 62 lbs but it was fast and had tons of room
that was the second stripper I built
the first was with a buddy because I had “the cork” and he had nothing
Not the best photo, but here is that buddy's truck, with our canoes on top. His 18 ft Micmac in pine, my 18'6" Comp cruiser in redwood.
And here's that same cruiser, 15 years later, with my daughter paddling stern and my nephew in the bow...
