Lots of elbow grease in my near future. I've got all of the epoxy resin on the boat that I'm going to and now the sandpaper, rasps, planes and spokeshaves get to do their part. Next week I should be getting finish on the boat.
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There are two schools of thought when it comes to fiberglassing a wood strip canoe. One school calls for only one coat of resin when applying the cloth. This is done to leave a finish with some texture to it which would end up with a non skid type surface. It is very hard to squeegie the resin out of the cloth and end up with a consistent surface. Dave, the builder of these canoes was of the one coat, rough surface school and I'm leaving the interior of this first canoe as is as he did a very good job of ending up with a uniform, consistent surface.
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When it rains, it pours. After a couple years of no boat activity in the sawdust factory I now have more on my plate than I can say grace over. I got a call yesterday with an invitation from the Sam Beauford Woodworking Institute in Adrian, Mi. to show some of my work in a new exhibit "Veterans Woodworking".
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I’ve found myself in an interesting situation. I got a phone call a couple weeks ago from a woman who said she had gotten a business card from me at the Quiet Water Symposium some years ago. Her husband had built 4 canoes to varying stages of completion and he died unexpectedly last fall. None of the boats are completely done and she would like to finish the boats and give them to her kids which was the original plan.
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