Well, we have a project canoe for Assembly 2015!
It's a long story, but Jim Clearwater noticed a canoe on Craigslist and suggested that we follow up on it. Everybody we know has too many projects already, but Steve suggested it would make another great Chapter rehab project and I agree.
It is a Robertson sailing canoe, serial no. 420 35. 16 footer. We have stashed it away until we can get the Chapter working on it. It will be a fairly easy project, the ends need help, but the rest of it is pretty solid and straight forward. Unfortunately, it did not come with mast, sail, spars, rudder or leeboards. The seats and thwarts have the Robertson Stamp. The deck cutouts have been modified some by squirrel/porky teeth.
It would be overly optimistic to try to have it ready for 2014, let's do it right and have it ready for 2015.
Here are some poor phone photos. It was rather a tough day here for photography too. We will have a chance for plenty of photos as the rehab progresses.
Cheers.
Fitz and Steve
It's a long story, but Jim Clearwater noticed a canoe on Craigslist and suggested that we follow up on it. Everybody we know has too many projects already, but Steve suggested it would make another great Chapter rehab project and I agree.
It is a Robertson sailing canoe, serial no. 420 35. 16 footer. We have stashed it away until we can get the Chapter working on it. It will be a fairly easy project, the ends need help, but the rest of it is pretty solid and straight forward. Unfortunately, it did not come with mast, sail, spars, rudder or leeboards. The seats and thwarts have the Robertson Stamp. The deck cutouts have been modified some by squirrel/porky teeth.
It would be overly optimistic to try to have it ready for 2014, let's do it right and have it ready for 2015.
Here are some poor phone photos. It was rather a tough day here for photography too. We will have a chance for plenty of photos as the rehab progresses.
Cheers.
Fitz and Steve