Morris stem band: end treatment & deck extension

[Howie]

1) I found a posting from - hell, I've forgotten the date - where Mike/MGC says that Morris stem bands don't hardly extend onto the deck very far. Like maybe 3/4". That so?
2) And can someone provide a pic of the end treatment of a Morris stem band.

 

[Michael Grace]

Yes, it is true. Morris stembands were very short on deck, and there is a kind of elegance to that treatment - not showy, just neat. Below is one of ours with its original stemband on original wood. The on-deck portion really never meets the deck. It sits only on top of the caps, and it ends before the caps diverge. The first image below Is of a closed gunwale Model A Type 3, and even though the stem band could go onto the king plank, it doesn't. The stemband is treated the same on closed gunwale canoes with short decks and no kingplank (makes good sense because of the drop-off from the caps to the deck). The second photo below shows a long-decked Morris with open gunwales (no caps of any kind), so the stem band goes onto the kingplank. Still, it is done the exact same way - very short. Hope this helps.

 

[Howie]

Thank you Michael - just what I was looking for. Not that I doubted Mike...
Nice boats BTW...

 

[MGC]

Not that I doubted Mike...

Oz has spoken.......

 

[patrick corry]

Another Morris image courtesy of Jim Clearwater from my stem band discussion.

 

[Howie]

Thank you Patrick!