Craig Johnson
Lifetime member
Just finished sprucing up my 1927 15' Kennebec for spring. I left it on the truck rack for a couple of rainy weeks couple years ago. The canvas was already pulling away at the gunwales and the raw canvas sucked up the water and blistered about 6" up (or down) from the gunwales. A few days drying out and all was OK but decided I'd better get to fixing it up. One deck was split so I replaced decks and rail caps and cleaned up the gunwales, then spliced in some canvas and made sure it was refastened well. A new paint job and made sure I had a good seal at the gunwales. I wanted to try some art and had the image of the heron but didn't have the talent to paint it. So maybe not for the purist, but my local sign maker told me he was printing on vinyl and wrapping Jet skis so I had the heron printed and covered with a layer of UV protection and there is the result. Took it to Lake Celendeing for the Three Rivers spring get together. Met some great folks and had a nice (if damp) maiden paddle. Probably wouldn't use the vinyl on a historical restoration but I'm pretty happy with it in this case, What do you think
Craig
Craig