Day 13, Row/sail canoe, version 2. Build time: 7hrs.
A huge disappointment today, I’m having difficulties with the shape of the canoe due to the heavy skin I put on it. It’s worth a detailed explanation so I’ll tackle that in a separate post.
Got all the pieces together today and started setting things up. Screwed on the VHMW wear strips, another topic that deserves its own post.
Decided to ditch the floorboard assembly which saves 7.5 lbs, 50 dollars, and a half day of time. I could care less if the foam pad doesn’t look ‘shippy’ for those kinds of gains.
To make this canoe work for paddling and rowing I needed to find a way to raise the seat height for paddle mode, what I’m trying right now is foam blocks fitted beneath the seats that can be flipped on top of them.
Worked on the flip-over leeboard. Everything is screwed together until I see how it works.
Realized that with minor surgery I could shift the oars to tuck inside the boat, so I drilled out my old holes, plugged them and moved the oar pins 1/4 inch.
There’s a lot that I’m not happy about right now, but on the positive side of things I’m pleased with the look, weight and the feel of the boat when I’m in it. It seems like I have latitude to make a few small but important adjustments on the next one. More later…
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