Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1998 08:43:21 -0400 (EDT)
From: Kirk Olsen <kolsen@imagelan.com>
To: baidarka <baidarka@lists.intelenet.net>
Subject: [baidarka] BOUNCE baidarka@lists.intelenet.net: taboo header: /Content\-Type\: multipart/ (fwd)
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From: Philip Wylie <pjwylie@planet.eon.net>
Subject: Re: [baidarka] more rib wood
Oooooh yah! I had a Chestnut Cedar Canoe (red canvas)
build by Peterborough. Did anyone ever make a finer canoe
ever?? It was a thing of beauty and performed wonderfully.
Cheers,
Philip
Douglas Ingram wrote:
> I've been following the discussion on rib material, and would like to
> nominate Elm as a sutible candidate for this noble task. Elm was the
> preferred wood of choice for Peterborough cedarstrip canoes and motorboats
> for many years. I have used it for a variety of purposes, including
> replacing broken ribs in Peterboroughs. It has a tough interlocking grain
> structure which makes it resistance to splitting(anyone tried splitting Elm
> firewood?) and it is very reslient and supple. Also, it steam bends like a
> dream. Nice earthy smell too.
> Douglas Ingram
> Red River Canoe & Paddle
> P.O. Box 78, GRP 4, RR 2
> Lorette, Manitoba
> Canada
> ROA OYO
> (204)878-2524
> URL: www.wilds.mb.ca/redriver
> e-mail: redcanoe@pangea.ca