We've built 5 wood and canvas canoes to the 1915 Old Town Ideal form and always had trouble with wrinkling of the canvas at the stems when lapping and sealing. We finally came up with the idea of stretching an old bicycle inner tube over this joint to help smooth out the canvas and it has worked quite well for us. It slows down the drying process but has made a tremendous difference in smoothness of the joint. Also, one instruction we were given early on was to use bedding compound in this joint to seal it. Unfortunately, the bedding compound never really "cures" to strengthen the joint and it tends to let go over time. Just using the doping compound used to seal the canvas has worked far better, and I'm sure that's what most of you are doing. Any other "tricks of the trade" out there for getting a good joint?
Bill
Bill