| Building a Cedar - Fibreglass Canoe | |||
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We begin by ripping 18 foot long pieces of 2x12" Western Red Cedar into 1/4"x3/4" strips and machining each with a bead and a cove. |  |
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The first strips are attached to the form using staples making sure both sides remain level. |  | |
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The stems in place and one strip on each side. | Seven strips. |  |
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Fifteen strips. | About twenty strips. |  |
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Only one side is finished after reaching the top of the stem. | The second side is finished to meet the first at the keel. |  |
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Now HUNDREDS of staples have to be removed. | You'll find any remaining staples while smoothing with a plane. |  |
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The ends of the planks are trimmed flush with the stems. | The outside stem is applied and the hull is sanded. |  |
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The dry hull is draped with fibreglass cloth which becomes transparent when the liquid epoxy is applied. |  |
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Now you begin to see what your boat will look like when you're done. | The hull comes off the form when the third coat of epoxy is set |  |
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Work begins on the inside. Lots more sanding. | Glass and epoxy again. |  |
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Trimming out with inwales, decks, | outwales, seats, thwart, yoke |  |
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Sanding, varnishing, sanding, varnishing... Eventually it goes in the water. | ||
John Kowalchuk, Mutes etc.
