Ed & Debi ready to build their canoe.
Sanding and preparing the cedar
Boiling the stem bands
Steam bending the first canoe rib
Hand drill and tacking in place
Texas monitoring progress
Welcoming Georgios to try a bend on their boat
Carefully hand-drilling and tacking each rib
Getting near the bow/stern where the wood must bend very carefully
The completed ribs!
Sanding (faring) the ribs
Adding the first cedar plank
Planking continues...
Are you ready to see the inside?
The canoe comes off the form
Beautiful job Ed & Deb
Closing in the ends
Ready for final planks
Working on the final planks
Trimming off the tops of the ribs
Last plank tacked in place
Sanding & smoothing the outside in preparation for canvas
First coat of varnish on the inside
Four coats later...
Last minute checking the hull before canvas
Hanging the canvas in the shop
De-dusting the canvas sandwich
Vacuuming out for any debris
Adding some weight to help stretch the canvas
After 2 days hanging, tacking canvas to gunwales
Finishing the canvas at the bow/stern
After the filling the canvas it's onto the exciting part… paint!
Sanding between coats of paint
Ready to drill & screw on the outer gunwales
Gunnels sanded & ready for final varnish coats
Varnishing...
Beautiful mahogany decks & outer gunwales
Drilling & attaching brass stem bands to both ends
Blue canoe heading home!
The proud builders :)
first road trip is home!
A prime canoe location,
seats almost finished caning, then ready to install & PADDLE!
Congratulations Ed & Debi
on building your own beautiful canoe!