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Happy National Canoe Day! · **4 Likes**

National Canoe Day is technically Canadian and this is a US canoe but I'm celebrating anyway.

SJM · 06-26-2018, 04:40 PM

Nice canoe.

normhead · 06-26-2018, 04:55 PM

So, are you going to fiberglass it?

<ducks and runs for the door.>

bertwert · 06-26-2018, 05:15 PM

Nice, wood canoes are very pretty

**Just1MoreDave** · 06-26-2018, 07:25 PM

Originally posted by normhead

So, are you going to fiberglass it?

<ducks and runs for the door.>

The popular vote says fiberglass. (Actually no one except me votes for canvas.)

There are still blobs of polyester resin on my parents' basement floor, almost 50 years after my dad fiberglassed it. And polyester is not supposed to be as tough as today's epoxy resin.

**dms** · 06-26-2018, 09:16 PM

I agree--it would be a shame to not use canvas on it, as it was so originally, and with a place to store and work on it. Ideal is probably an aluminum or composite one for very tough trips, although watching Bill Mason's films, he took a canvas and wood canoe everywhere.

IgorZ · 06-27-2018, 01:19 AM

Very nice. When I was in a sailing club as a kid we would prepare a boat for sailing by stripping the varnish and varnishing it, among other things. I have been thinking about working on an old wooden canoe for a while, but the boss would not allow it. And she'd be right! No time with 3 kids...

**Just1MoreDave** · 06-27-2018, 03:35 PM

Originally posted by dms

I agree--it would be a shame to not use canvas on it, as it was so originally, and with a place to store and work on it. Ideal is probably an aluminum or composite one for very tough trips, although watching Bill Mason's films, he took a canvas and wood canoe everywhere.

Another canvas vote!

We'll see if I can do it right. The millions of tack holes in the center of the stem are from canvassing.

Originally posted by IgorZ

Very nice. When I was in a sailing club as a kid we would prepare a boat for sailing by stripping the varnish and varnishing it, among other things. I have been thinking about working on an old wooden canoe for a while, but the boss would not allow it. And she'd be right! No time with 3 kids...

Also space - they take up a lot of room.

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06-26-2018, 04:40 PM	#2
SJM Veteran Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Northeastern Ohio Photos: Albums Posts: 1,358	Nice canoe.

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normhead Pentaxian Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Near Algonquin Park Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 40,451	So, are you going to fiberglass it? <ducks and runs for the door.>

06-26-2018, 05:15 PM	#4
bertwert Veteran Member Join Date: Jun 2015 Location: Golden, BC Posts: 15,173	Nice, wood canoes are very pretty

06-26-2018, 07:25 PM	#5
Just1MoreDave Site Supporter Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Aurora, CO Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 6,340 Original Poster	Originally posted by normhead So, are you going to fiberglass it? <ducks and runs for the door.> The popular vote says fiberglass. (Actually no one except me votes for canvas.) There are still blobs of polyester resin on my parents' basement floor, almost 50 years after my dad fiberglassed it. And polyester is not supposed to be as tough as today's epoxy resin.

06-26-2018, 09:16 PM	#6
dms Site Supporter Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: New York, NY Photos: Gallery Posts: 2,192	I agree--it would be a shame to not use canvas on it, as it was so originally, and with a place to store and work on it. Ideal is probably an aluminum or composite one for very tough trips, although watching Bill Mason's films, he took a canvas and wood canoe everywhere.

06-27-2018, 01:19 AM	#7
IgorZ Veteran Member Join Date: Aug 2015 Location: Ottawa Posts: 1,735	Very nice. When I was in a sailing club as a kid we would prepare a boat for sailing by stripping the varnish and varnishing it, among other things. I have been thinking about working on an old wooden canoe for a while, but the boss would not allow it. And she'd be right! No time with 3 kids...

06-27-2018, 03:35 PM	#8
Just1MoreDave Site Supporter Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Aurora, CO Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 6,340 Original Poster	Originally posted by dms I agree--it would be a shame to not use canvas on it, as it was so originally, and with a place to store and work on it. Ideal is probably an aluminum or composite one for very tough trips, although watching Bill Mason's films, he took a canvas and wood canoe everywhere. Another canvas vote! We'll see if I can do it right. The millions of tack holes in the center of the stem are from canvassing. Originally posted by IgorZ Very nice. When I was in a sailing club as a kid we would prepare a boat for sailing by stripping the varnish and varnishing it, among other things. I have been thinking about working on an old wooden canoe for a while, but the boss would not allow it. And she'd be right! No time with 3 kids... Also space - they take up a lot of room.