Thants right im building another!
For those of you who havnt seen my first canoe, take a look http://www.bushcraft.ridgeonnet.com/building%20a canoe.htm
I learnt such a lot from building my last canoe and want to build a bigger and better one!
One of the problems i had with my last canoe was that i made the base of the ribs too round and the canoe ended up a little too tippy for my liking. I have fitted an outrigger and now that problem is solved. This time i want to make the ribs flat on the bottom and not have an out-rigger.
This time i am planning to make the ribs from Willow shoots about 1/2 inch thick.
Is a rib like this still too rounded?
And then there is the gunnels. Last time i used round gunnels. That worked pretty well. This time do you think i should use 2 peices of wood for each gunnel and fit flat ribs between them? If you get what i mean.
Please help im eager to get started!!
Many thanks
Jon
For those of you who havnt seen my first canoe, take a look http://www.bushcraft.ridgeonnet.com/building%20a canoe.htm
I learnt such a lot from building my last canoe and want to build a bigger and better one!
One of the problems i had with my last canoe was that i made the base of the ribs too round and the canoe ended up a little too tippy for my liking. I have fitted an outrigger and now that problem is solved. This time i want to make the ribs flat on the bottom and not have an out-rigger.
This time i am planning to make the ribs from Willow shoots about 1/2 inch thick.
Is a rib like this still too rounded?
And then there is the gunnels. Last time i used round gunnels. That worked pretty well. This time do you think i should use 2 peices of wood for each gunnel and fit flat ribs between them? If you get what i mean.
Please help im eager to get started!!
Many thanks
Jon