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[b]CS17 Hull #58 Starts today[/b]


Roger Peterson

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Hi Everyone,

I am cutting out the hull today for Hull #58. She will be built on the back porch while I am building a 13' glued lap canoe (from Duck Trap Woodworking) in the house. :D I bought the plans for #58 over a year ago but health problems kept construction from starting. Yes, I'm making up for lost time. I have been watching this forum for some time now and hope to become as involved as everyone else.(WHO WANTS TO BE A LANDLUBBER AFTERALL?). :oops: I will post photos as work progresses.

I almost decided to build the Belhaven instead because of the cabin. The sun can be rather intense in Texas 8) but. I think I'll wait until a few are built to wring the bugs out. I can always build one next year...

Roger Peterson

FT.Worth, Texas

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The sides are cut out and stacked on my lofting table for the canoe longing for the eagerly awaited delivery of my epoxy and fiberglass tape ordered from Dixon Marine. I have enough epoxy on hand to do the job but I ran short of fiberglass tape so I am waiting for the post man. The epoxy I have is left over from my last project, a 16' "Waterman" sailing canoe from Selway-Fisher in the U.K.. It seams I am about 8' short of fiberglass tape. :(

I too am thinking about birdsmouth spars but I am going to use clear fir. The cost is too high for the tubing spec'ed on the plans. I think I will try a test mast (maybe an 8' section) this weekend to try and work out the taper in thickness as well as width. That means I am going to have to get out the old jack plane and tune her up. It's one of the most fun to use tools I own.

Tim, E-mail me and we can get together and compare notes. I like the idea of having someone else nearby that is building the same model of boat.

Roger

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