Canoe

My favorite wood/canvas comes in at 82 pounds.  A stripper copy of the same canoe, came it at 72.  My back is not good, that is why anything much over 50 pounds is heavy enough for me, considering that I have a 40 pound pack on as well. When we are on the long portages, I tend to split everything up. A 50 canoe gets heavy on a mile hike over a rocky hill.  Would I walk a mile to get a buritto at my favorite taco stand? NEVER.  Carry a canoe and 120 pounds of gear over miles of difficult portages in a day? NO problem. Paddle a canoe upstream two miles in the dark to hunt with the wind in my face in a way back ravine? I have done it many times. Canoes can make us do crazy things.

[njloco]

yeah pavan, but it  sounds  like  you  also had a lot of  fun !

[AkDan]

Talk canvas man I wish I could get my hands on one of Joe Seliga's master pieces.  He passed on a few years back now.  My little brother had the chance to check out his stuff before.   Man a boat builders dream!

I cant justify a canvas build.  Its not something you do one time in regards to the form.

The nice part about strippers, is you have a ton of control and can mod until you're silly.   Take the forms off and depending on how big and strong back design you can stow it for a build years down the road if the forms last.  

Have you bothered with the Dollys pavan?  I considered one for the freighter and the double ender when they're built.   If I only knew how to make sealer cure faster without destroying a finish, I could move onto the next project.   Getting the boat building bug.