ribs

Hello, My husband and I acquired this canoe for free. From what we know it was just hanging up in an Abercrombie & Fitch before we got it. Initially my husband wanted to fix it up himself but we’re being forced to move it from where we currently store it and don’t have anywhere for it to live...

We have been offered this canoe. What is it? Age , brand, any info would be appreciated. Have not found any identifiers as of yet. Thanks for the help. It is 25 feet long, wood frames and gunnels

My wife and I are considering this OT canoe (still trying to zero in on exactly what year/model). This picture shows the rotted ribs forward of the forward seat. I assume all of these will need to be replaced. We have worked on wooden boats quite a bit but never on a canoe, and we're trying to...

Hello everyone,I have started re-furbishing my 1941 Otca. My biggest challlenge so far was to fabricate new ribs. Island Falls supplied the blank white cedar ribs but I needed to shape and taper them. Bending will be the next challenge.

Hello everyone,I have started re-furbishing my 1941 Otca. My biggest challlenge so far was to fabricate new ribs. Island Falls supplied the blank white cedar ribs but I needed to shape and taper them. I have attached some pictures to show the taper jig and the finished ribs. Bending will be the...

I have bought recently in France a wonderful cedar ribs canoe built by Peterborough. This boat is 16 feet length and seems to corresponds to model number 4 or 24 in the reprint catalog. It has also a serial number, and it is the aim of my message to know when this canoe was built. The serial...