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We looked at an old canoe today that had once been used by a Maine Game Warden in Western Maine. It's 16'7" long, 33" wide and 11" deep. There is almost no tumblehome. At some point a keelson and supports were added.
The sheer plank comes to the top of the rib and can be seen beside the half round gunwale. We have seen this in another Stephenson some years back. The thwarts are 3 1/2 and 2 1/2" wide and we have worked on a Stephenson that has roughly the same shaped thwart as a center thwart but it was wider. The cant ribs are thin and spaced about 5" apart. It doesn't have the Stephenson deck with long sides extensions nor does it have the standard Stephenson shaped thwarts.
Any thoughts?
Dan & Linda
The sheer plank comes to the top of the rib and can be seen beside the half round gunwale. We have seen this in another Stephenson some years back. The thwarts are 3 1/2 and 2 1/2" wide and we have worked on a Stephenson that has roughly the same shaped thwart as a center thwart but it was wider. The cant ribs are thin and spaced about 5" apart. It doesn't have the Stephenson deck with long sides extensions nor does it have the standard Stephenson shaped thwarts.
Any thoughts?
Dan & Linda
