David H NH
Curious about Wooden Canoes
Model 1 Red 15foot x 34/35 #124412
Model 2 Green 16ft x 34 #74046.
Thank you and appreciated
Model 2 Green 16ft x 34 #74046.
Thank you and appreciated
For the red canoe, the frontal image you posted shows a little bit of hull distortion (being pulled in) with a center thwart that maybe too short.
Similar Chestnut center thwart issue on a '50's-'60's 15' Chum. Sorry, I don't know how to rotate the image....hull distortion (being pulled in)
Similar Chestnut center thwart issue on a '50's-'60's 15' Chum. Sorry, I don't know how to rotate the image....
I am not expert (or even close) on Peternuts, but I have worked on enough (and owned several) to have a thwart theory. It is my opinion that they must have had a supply of pre-cut thwarts, one size fits all, in their production area. If the thwart was a bit too short (and it seems they always were) they would simply pull the rails in and throw in the short thwart. The resulting Peternut pucker (as I call it) can be seen in this before and after from a canoe I recently overhauled.
Good eye, Murat. But I only see distortion on the right side. Do you think that a too-short thwart would cause such an asymmetrical distortion, or might it instead be due to the canoe's being stored/leaned on it's right gunwale.