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Curious about Wooden Canoes
View attachment 47044 Ed Moses talked me into hauling this unlit bonfire out of his backyard about a year ago. I was close to finishing my first restoration ( see http://www.wcha.org/forums/index.php?threads/16-e-m-white.5437/#post-29274) and beginning to panic that I had no follow up project to occupy my solitary retirement time. Ed recognized my mental instability and has been a real enabler with his knowledge and materials in exacerbating the lunacy I will here relate Thanks, Ed! He has since talked me into removing two additional trash piles from his yard. He is a good friend.
Thanks to Benson Gray, I have the build sheet from Oldtown (see attached).
Late this summer, I started assessing the breadth of the labor I had assumed. Definitely used hard and put away wet, the damage is extensive and previous repairs were very coarse. A cursory exam identified revealed split and rotted stems and decks, broken and gouged inner and outer gunwales, at least 34 broken ribs, split thwarts, rotted and punctured planking, gaping holes and no seats. Pools of epoxy resin covered some of the rib fractures. The hull had at one time been fiberglassed and had numerous patches still attached
There are so many broken ribs, I decided to forego anything beyond a hose out of the interior as a fool’s errand. I’ll clean as I find something worth cleaning.
Undoubtedly, the repair list will expand as new horrors are revealed.
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Thanks to Benson Gray, I have the build sheet from Oldtown (see attached).
Late this summer, I started assessing the breadth of the labor I had assumed. Definitely used hard and put away wet, the damage is extensive and previous repairs were very coarse. A cursory exam identified revealed split and rotted stems and decks, broken and gouged inner and outer gunwales, at least 34 broken ribs, split thwarts, rotted and punctured planking, gaping holes and no seats. Pools of epoxy resin covered some of the rib fractures. The hull had at one time been fiberglassed and had numerous patches still attached
There are so many broken ribs, I decided to forego anything beyond a hose out of the interior as a fool’s errand. I’ll clean as I find something worth cleaning.
Undoubtedly, the repair list will expand as new horrors are revealed.
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