Dave Wermuth
Who hid my paddle?
Not quite having fits over it but I am not sure how to proceed with getting the stern seat to fit. If I match the rear most rail to the inwale for attachment I find that the holes for the front of the seat are not nearly as wide as the inwale. As if the inwale has spread in the last hundred years, except it's a replacement inwale. I don't know if I should replace the front seat rail with a longer piece so it matches the inwale or squeeze the inwales in closer. The current shape looks ok. The quarter thwart is not stock. Neither is the center thwart. Or the inwales or decks for that matter. I'm inclined to remove the quarter thwart, squeeze the inwales to match the holes of the foreward rail on the seat and then resize the quarter thwart. But then again, I'm thinking maybe i should make the front rail of the seat longer. So here are a few photos and maybe I can get some ideas. This canoe is #3020. It is 16' long. My plan is to try removing the quarter thwart and squeezing it and then pondering it for awhile. And the stern seat's front rail has a notch cut on each end. Is that normal?