Building a Wood Canvas Canoe - Part 4
Cant ribs are the last few at each end of the canoe and they are made in two parts as opposed to being bent at the stem. Mainly because...
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Mar 17
Building a Wood Canvas Canoe - Part 3
The stem to gunwale joints can be made in a variety of ways but it is usually some form of open tenon or bridle joint. Even so to many...
Mar 10
Building a Wood Canvas Canoe - Part 2
To begin with I continued planking. I found it helped if I wetted the planks well and left them overnight to soak and for some pieces I...
Mar 3
Building a Wood Canvas Canoe - Part 1
It’s been quite some time since I have had time to write anything to my blog but I thought as this Canoe is a different type of build...
Jul 27, 2021
A fabulous day on the Nene and my closest ever encounter with a Swan
It has been a while since I have been paddling for a whole day and with resin setting on two canoes in the workshop I decided I was due a...
Jul 27, 2021
Making a disrupted face paddle with a swan inlay on the grip.
A disrupted face paddle is one where one of the blade faces is shaped with an uneven surface whilst the other is smooth as normal. The...
Jul 27, 2021
A Short Circuit near Woodwalton Fen.
Hello Folks I find myself at home for a few weeks laid up with Pericarditis (an inflammation of the lining of the heart probably caused...
Jul 27, 2021
Halloween on The Broads 2019 Day 2
Hello Folks After the storm of the previous night you can see Nick’s event shelter was now dismantled but our tents were still standing....
Jul 27, 2021
Halloween On The Broads 2019 Day 1.
Hello Folks It seems with the way things are going I seem to have less and less time for writing blogs and I am beginning to wonder if...
Jul 27, 2021
River Nene, Stibbington to Warmington lock. It may be a familiar route but you never know what you
Hello Folks This trip is one I have done many times but it was still an interesting paddle as I saw lots of wildlife and the skies...
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