Recent content by Robin

See those white spots on the gunnels, that sure looks like the canoe was used in salt water and the brass screws reacted to the salt, bleaching the wood, hard to remove satisfactory. Normally the tacks holding planks show the same damage but since it was built during WW11 they no doubt used...

Yes, same here, looking forward to meeting you and seeing some of your gear/canoe. I have never canvassed a canoe outside without permanent anchor points like I had in my previous shop so I’m looking forward to this presentation. I have an old 16’ Chestnut that is ready to be canvased and I will...

Murat, Thanks for the heads up about this event, I just registered and plan to camp Friday and Saturday nights. When I saw they will have some Wooden Canoe Heritage Association folks there from the local WCHA chapter canvassing a 14’ wood canvas canoe, well, it really piqued my interest...

I have one like yours, classic.

This is Superior on a calm day in May, Wawa, Ontario area.

My grandson Cooper with a “shed” he found here in Maine last year. No matter what the conditions, shed hunting is a family affair for my daughter’s family.

Thanks for trip report, and the captions explaining the nice pictures, well done. Looks like you did ok in the fishing department, beautiful fish.

Yup, I agree, I think when HOOP (Wintertrekker) stopped posting videos and let his Website/Forum lapse it was a big hit to the popularity of winter camping. His YouTube videos about canoeing were not only entertaining but informative, sorta like Bill Mason and as someone else mentioned Calvin...

That looks very nice, smooth as can be. Will you be using traditional canvas filler?

I restored this Chestnut Bobs, it’s a fine paddling 15’ lightweight wood canvas canoe, not sure how much wind it can handle.

My barn in Connecticut was new, I built it shortly after retirement in 2010 but found spending time in there with old canoes to be about as good as life could get. Here in Maine I’m lucky to have a heated one car garage added to the side of a full garage, I spend a lot of time in there during...

Nice trip report, fun read. Thanks

Looks like it’s going to be a great restoration, new inwales really make an old canoe look sharp. Good luck with the canvassing process, you have a nice set up there.

I was the admin who added the “like” button, a friend and fellow member suggested it. I wasn’t sure if it was a good idea but I felt it might help for the exact reason Neophyte mentioned above. It did catch some criticism, but the biggest critic is long gone and the like button paddles on.

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