Treewater
Wooden Canoes are in the Blood
I have a 1938 Octa, 18 ft. There are seven broken ribs, badly broken just aft of the forward seat. If the pictures make it clear, the hull is rather distorted and I'm afraid using the rule of thumb, "bend on the outside one rib toward the end," will not work since seven in a row are bad. Am I safe to count ribs and use the other end of the canoe? To do so would presume the canoe is perfectly symmetrical. Any experience here?