Dave Wermuth
Who hid my paddle?
I decided to work on the 17' HW from 1935. Having done in the neighborhood of 40 or so restorations from mild to derelict this is the first sponson canoe, with the exception of my very first canoe. That one I still have and is a 1926 HW. My plan was to keep the sponsons but the tumblehome looks so nice I think I may leave them off. The '35 HW had the original canvas still. The ends, especially the bow was repaired but needs a proper job this time around. This canoe has the inwale reinforcing screws at the thwarts. I've also discovered cup washers under the deck screws. I've not seen that before.
It makes me think back to the men building this thing in the factory all those years ago. I scrubbed the interior grime with tsp and the finish looks like deck stain. I have yet to try any stripper on it to see if I can get that stuff removed. I wonder how that is going to unfold. I have yet to discover a single cracked rib and that is a surprise to me.
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