Jörg
Curious about Wooden Canoes
Yes Graham, that's exactly what I thought, when I saw the photos in your post from 2013. They could be sisters.Very nice ! it appears to be a dead ringer for my early cruiser.
Does yours still have the original canvas on, and therefore you did not check for the stem top detail?
To me all planks seem to be original. But maybe after so many years, you can't tell.Obviously your boat has been repaired and re-canvassed at some point. If you remove the canvas and planking in that area, perhaps check to see if there is any evidence that the stem was altered.
Don't know, if I want to remove the sheer plank only for this check.
I also don't know, if it was re-canvassed. There was a repair done with glass/resin on one end.
Like the glass was glued on the canvas. Maybe to cover a crack in the canvas...
So, is the stem detail the killer criteria for pre/postfire?
I understood, that it was seen on all known prefire boats when the canvas was off.
But is the new stem design technically linked to the change of the forms?
Or could it have been introduced by the boat builder independent from the new forms?