Troy Clowater
New Member
greetings one and all,
first time poster here, i took on a canoe project to get me out of the house and off the computer in the winter months. last winter, 2010, i built a mould and this year i built the canoe, well, most of it. talk about an undertaking, i've never had a carpentry course in my life and here i was building a round boat. but it was a great challenge and i learned a lot.
i started with the 15' cheemaun the 35" beam. the canoe is off the form, the decks are on, the nose enclosed and i'm ready to finish the last 5/32 plank on the top. can anyone advise me at which ribs the stern seat, 1/4 thwart, yoke and the bow seat are drilled at. i get the impression the seats are critical in relation to the balance of the canoe. you only get one shot at drilling holes, maybe i've become more of a perfectionist than i've ever dreamed. there are 47 ribs, 43 true and 4 false.
any help would be great, as my math teacher always said" if there's an elephant in your path, don't eat him all at once". i ate a lot of elephants this winter.
thanks
troy
first time poster here, i took on a canoe project to get me out of the house and off the computer in the winter months. last winter, 2010, i built a mould and this year i built the canoe, well, most of it. talk about an undertaking, i've never had a carpentry course in my life and here i was building a round boat. but it was a great challenge and i learned a lot.
i started with the 15' cheemaun the 35" beam. the canoe is off the form, the decks are on, the nose enclosed and i'm ready to finish the last 5/32 plank on the top. can anyone advise me at which ribs the stern seat, 1/4 thwart, yoke and the bow seat are drilled at. i get the impression the seats are critical in relation to the balance of the canoe. you only get one shot at drilling holes, maybe i've become more of a perfectionist than i've ever dreamed. there are 47 ribs, 43 true and 4 false.
any help would be great, as my math teacher always said" if there's an elephant in your path, don't eat him all at once". i ate a lot of elephants this winter.
thanks
troy