Day 2, Skin-on-frame tandem canoe. Build time: 6 hrs.
I sometimes think that the hardest part of working out a boat design is deciding on a stem shape. At some point you just have to commit because it’s impossible to get it right your first time. I’m working a bit of recurve into this latest boat for purely aesthetic reasons.
Planed down a flatsawn yellow cedar 1×12 that I got for free because it was full of big knots. After making a stem template I was able to maneuver around the knots giving me a board that is actually better for the application than a nice clear piece. Free is a good price.
Still annoyed with the unnecessary weight of the Douglas fir here but cedar is too light. It’s ironic that the one thing I can’t get here is the one thing everyone else can, clear white pine. At least when I’m done I’ll know what the canoe weighs in yellow cedar or cypress!
Fed ‘the beast’ some oak and sliced it up on the table saw, then cut all the ribs to length for tomorrow mornings steam bending.
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