Craig Johnson
Lifetime member
Hi everyone.
I know many of you are at assembly now and will not see this till next week but for those of us stuck at home here is a little entertainment. Last week I and my daughter, (who by the way is the young woman in the canoe with the flowers behind her, who graced the slide show on the home page last quarter) went to Bearwood Canoes in Parry Sound, Ontario to build a canoe with Pam Wedd. I had restored a couple canoes and wanted to build a new one without having to build a form. I did a little research on classes and settled on Pam because she is a WCHA board member and I had read her articles on getting a great paint finish but mostly because of the location. Pam's farm sits on the Saguine river near Parry Sound, Ontario, a beautiful vacation spot, and we stayed in her cabin right on the river with a dock for swimming and canoeing. We saw bears crossing the river twice in the evening. Pam is very meticulous and makes a very high quality canoe. We built a 15' canoe on a David Yost designed form and are very happy with it. The work schedule was grueling but we had time to do a little canoeing and socialize with the other course participants who were restoring their own boats. Pam's partner Jane often brought us home baked treats at tea time and fixed a fabulous banquet for all of us the last evening. It was a wonderful experience, we ended up with a beautiful boat and new friends, you cant beat that. Any way Miki put together a short multimedia presentation of the week so here is a link to it. I will post more photos after it is painted.
Craig
http://vimeo.com/26353983
I know many of you are at assembly now and will not see this till next week but for those of us stuck at home here is a little entertainment. Last week I and my daughter, (who by the way is the young woman in the canoe with the flowers behind her, who graced the slide show on the home page last quarter) went to Bearwood Canoes in Parry Sound, Ontario to build a canoe with Pam Wedd. I had restored a couple canoes and wanted to build a new one without having to build a form. I did a little research on classes and settled on Pam because she is a WCHA board member and I had read her articles on getting a great paint finish but mostly because of the location. Pam's farm sits on the Saguine river near Parry Sound, Ontario, a beautiful vacation spot, and we stayed in her cabin right on the river with a dock for swimming and canoeing. We saw bears crossing the river twice in the evening. Pam is very meticulous and makes a very high quality canoe. We built a 15' canoe on a David Yost designed form and are very happy with it. The work schedule was grueling but we had time to do a little canoeing and socialize with the other course participants who were restoring their own boats. Pam's partner Jane often brought us home baked treats at tea time and fixed a fabulous banquet for all of us the last evening. It was a wonderful experience, we ended up with a beautiful boat and new friends, you cant beat that. Any way Miki put together a short multimedia presentation of the week so here is a link to it. I will post more photos after it is painted.
Craig
http://vimeo.com/26353983
