Sundance Cedar Stripper Refurbishment

[Dave Seto]

In my defense, I was left without adult supervision. I (we?) have purchased a vintage cedar stripper.

The seller said it was made sometime in the late 1970's by Sundance Canoes from Gravenhurst Ontario. It has been sitting in a garage for about 25 years, rarely unused, but it does still need some love.

Legend has it that Sundance was Ted Moore's first canoe building company before starting Bear Mountain boats. There's a decal, but no hull or serial number plate that I can find.

The outwale at the stern needs repair - i assume some sort of scarf might do, but I would appreciate any ideas and guidance beyond what I can see in the forum already.

After a wash-down, there are a couple of places along the waterline that are dark, so I suspect the cedar has been moistened, meaning that the epoxy nees repair.

I won't start a flame fest about keels pro/con but the original keel is crusty and needs to come off, and a new keel seems unlikely to appear, the nless it oil cans without one.

One stem band is missing, but there's a handy strip of replacement brass on the keel.

Overall quite happy to have a project boat before we take the big leap into a full build from scratch.

 

[Steve in Idaho]

Welcome to the forum. I'm not versed in strip canoe construction or repair, but I think you'll find plenty of help here.
Following with interest.....

 

[Gamma1214]

I'm not a repair guy, I just (try to) fix what I break but, if that's as bad as the damage gets, I'd say that you're in pretty good shape.

Can you see how the outwale is attached? (Is it just glued or are there screws visible?)

I think I'd put a patch over the area that looks like it's started to rot. Maybe fill the void with epoxy (make sure it's dry first), then lay a patch over it and wet it out (rough up the hull well before you start).

As for oil canning without the keel: I assume that the keel is screwed on like the stem band was? If so, maybe take it off, cover all holes with duct tape (including those from the missing stem & that rotted area at waterline) and throw it in the water. You'll quickly find out it if oil cans. If it does, I'd think that you can still leave the keel off and salvage the brass for the stem band. Just rough up the football & add a layer of s-glass to it. (you could use e-glass if you like but the s-glass is more abrasion resistant. Admittedly, you may treat your toys more gently than I do)