hornbeam
Forester
Happy Sapping season,
I am including some photos of the Old Town 13' Fifty pounder that was completed this winter. I wasn't able to take any before photos because my camera was broken. We stripped off fiberglass, replaced inner gunwales, 14 ribs, 25 lineal' of planking, stem ends, decks and then got carried away. The thwarts, handles and seat frame are curly hard maple. Having always wanted a solo canoe I modified it to my liking, the canvas is doubled at the waterline and we added 10 half ribs. The outer gunwales are white oak. The majority of the wood material came from the forest that I manage.
The work was completed by a group of Northwestern CT foresters who spend their Monday nights refurbishing wood/canvas canoes, this is the twelfth canoe we have completed, a 1914 OT 17' HW was also completed this winter. We have restored 3 canoes that were raffled for a local charity and now each forester in the group owns one or two restored/refurbished wood/canvas canoes.
Now that it's maple season Monday nights are spent in the sugarhouse!
Jody Bronson
I am including some photos of the Old Town 13' Fifty pounder that was completed this winter. I wasn't able to take any before photos because my camera was broken. We stripped off fiberglass, replaced inner gunwales, 14 ribs, 25 lineal' of planking, stem ends, decks and then got carried away. The thwarts, handles and seat frame are curly hard maple. Having always wanted a solo canoe I modified it to my liking, the canvas is doubled at the waterline and we added 10 half ribs. The outer gunwales are white oak. The majority of the wood material came from the forest that I manage.
The work was completed by a group of Northwestern CT foresters who spend their Monday nights refurbishing wood/canvas canoes, this is the twelfth canoe we have completed, a 1914 OT 17' HW was also completed this winter. We have restored 3 canoes that were raffled for a local charity and now each forester in the group owns one or two restored/refurbished wood/canvas canoes.
Now that it's maple season Monday nights are spent in the sugarhouse!
Jody Bronson
