I worked both Tuesday and Wednesday on the Chestnuts, taking advantage of the warm temps. Spread some varnish remover, work on some chores, remover the varnish....
The Chum is finished, it had a light coat of old varnish and it's sitting up on top of the rack, waiting till all the seasons are over...hunting, Thanksgiving and Christmas Seasons to be started on.
The Chum is up top, the green canoe is my other Chum,
Here's the Pal, not quite as good of shape as the Chum. It's been to LaVerendrye many times, Temaggami, Noire River,ZEC Kipawa, Maine a few trips, Adks more times than I can remember and Woodland Caribou for a 2 week solo. It's earned a resto, like me it's a little tired...
Old soft inwales coming apart,
Cracked inwales in more than a few spots. I have owned this canoe for more than 25 years and this will be my second restoration on it. I plan to get it back to as good as new, maybe better, as the Chestnuts had some issues in the later years. But, they still produced the best tripping hulls, workmanship aside, and their tripping legacy continues to this day.There is still some varnish stripping to finish, but it's been a good start and my winter projects are in place. A happy tripper here!
It's been a great tripping companion and I plan to bring it back to it's glory days,
