Date: Fri, 12 Mar 1999 12:25:44 -0800 (PST)
From: Ve Smith <ve_hengda_smith@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: baidarka Wood-Canvas canoe?
To: baidarka@lists.intelenet.net
Wood and canvas canoes are made with wide, thin ribs and thin (maybe
1/4") planking closely fit. Canvas is stretched over the whole deal,
secured by gunwale and stem caps, then painted to waterproof it.
Go to the nearest Border's and check out Jerry Stelmock's book, which
seems to cover every aspect of the subject you could possibly want to
know about.
---Charles Hall <chall@totalsports.net> wrote:
>
> OK, since it's quiet, let me ask another slightly off-topic
question...
>
> I've never seen a wood canoe being built. I know the frame members and
> gunwales are similar to a kayak's, but I'm not sure about the
> wood+canvas thing.
>
> Is the wood some sort of thin planking? And the canvas makes it
> watertight? What are these strips of wood like, and are their edges
> bevelled to fit finely, or just roughly butted up? Are they wide or
> thin? Attached perpendicular to the keel, or cross-hatched somehow??
>
> I feel dumb not knowing this kind of thing, but I really don't think
> there's much canoe history in my state. Most of the recreational lakes
> were built in the 50's and 60's for hydroelectric projects, after the
> heyday of wood canoes.
>
> I'd be curious to hear some discussion on that aspect of it all too,
> which regions have a canoeing heritage, and why.
>
> --
> Charles Hall
> Total Sports
> Raleigh, NC USA
> http://www.totalsports.net
>
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