My recently restored Chestnut canoe is getting abuse that it doesn’t deserve.
I can’t pick it up out of the water any more.
The best I can do is lift by the stem and drag it onto the dock, roll it over and tie down in place.
Before the restoration this Chestnut had a shoe keel and fortunately that was talked out of me by several BB members and glad I was, it’s a joy to paddle shoeless.
The canoe is taking a beating on the bottom so it needs a sacrificial layer of some sort. Can anyone suggest from experience, glue a purpose shaped extra canvas, or just many layers of paint? Failing all else it may be back to a screw fastened keel.
Nevrdun
I can’t pick it up out of the water any more.
The best I can do is lift by the stem and drag it onto the dock, roll it over and tie down in place.
Before the restoration this Chestnut had a shoe keel and fortunately that was talked out of me by several BB members and glad I was, it’s a joy to paddle shoeless.
The canoe is taking a beating on the bottom so it needs a sacrificial layer of some sort. Can anyone suggest from experience, glue a purpose shaped extra canvas, or just many layers of paint? Failing all else it may be back to a screw fastened keel.
Nevrdun