Skin on frame solo canoe, day 6. Build time: 2.5 hrs.
Did the final cleanup and shaping of various bits of the boat, marked and cut the seat to fit, and oiled the frame.
The seat I’m using here is the curved laminated walnut seat from Northstar Canoes. I could build something like this but by the time I was done shopping for wood and webbing, making the jigs, laminating and varnishing, it would take up two days of my time…. Or I can get this amazingly well-made canoe seat delivered to my doorstep for $75. The right choice seems pretty obvious to me.
I oil my frames with Watco danish oil, which is kind of a mid-priced mid-quality oil that penetrates deeply and dries quickly. I don’t think this does anything whatsoever to increase the durability or longevity of a skin boat. But it looks pretty and people seem to like that, so we do it.
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