Dave Wermuth
Who hid my paddle?
Hopefully this is of interest. I've been working on a new canoe the last couple weeks. I recently completed a 16' "Pond Hawk" (Dan Miller form) and have delivered it as a gift. This is a solo canoe 14.5' long and 32" wide. I started with an 18' Penn Yan guide basket case. I took the lines and built a form and one canoe. Ferdy and I paddled it in Quetico a few times. Then I cut the form down to make a solo canoe and this is the second canoe off the form. My helper is especially good at finding the tacks that I drop. With any luck I will be canvassing this one at the Quiet adventure symposium on March 2nd at MSU pavilion. Michael, my 7 year old grandson and I will be exhibiting again this year. I will be using the hand stretch and right side up method of canvassing that has been working well for me lately.