New! Top Quality Wood And Canvas Canoe.

15’ CEDAR AND CANVAS CANOE New! Never used. Hand-crafted in Old Town, Maine + Northern white cedar ribs and planks + Spruce inwales + White ash outwales + #10 treated mildew resistant canvas + Silicon bronze screws and bolts + Brass stem bands SPECIAL FEATURES INCLUDE: + Raised and contoured tiger maple decks + Bow and stern carrying thwarts + Tiger maple and birds eye maple stern seat drawer with stops, locks, andvintage solid brass knob. This is an uncommon feature on canoes and was especially difficult to include due to the curved contour of the rear seat. The drawer and drawer frame is easily removed if desired by simply removing the 4 bronze screws on the underside.

Note: the birds eye maple drawer bottom is a solid piece, not plywood. + Contoured stern seat which lowers the paddler’s center of gravity. + Improved stern seat location - the stern seat is approximately 8” further forward and 2” lower than the traditional placement. This enhances balance, comfort, and stability. + Seats are usually supported with bronze bolts passed through hardwood dowels.

This canoe features solid spruce seat supports which span the width of the seat and are set flush against the inwales for superior support. + The final ribs in the stern and bow of a wooden canoe are “cant ribs” The curve around the stem is too tight for a continuous rib, so pairs of half ribs (cant ribs) are installed with the lower end of each nailed to the stem. Most canoes have 2 pairs of cant ribs on each end. This canoe has 4 pairs of cant ribs on each end. The final 2 pairs are very difficult to install but are worth the effort as they provide much additional strength to the very ends of the canoe.

+ Traditional stems in vintage canoes were formed from a single piece of white ash bent into the curved shape and then butted and screwed to the deck. This practice stresses the wood excessively, compressing it on the inside of the curve and stretching it on the outside of the curve. Channels for the ribs were then cut into the stem and dozens of fasteners - a large screw for the deck, ring nails for ribs, wire nails for planking, tacks for ribs, and screws for the stem bands - were driven into it, all further stressing the piece. This canoe features laminated white ash stems consisting of four ¼” thick layers of white ash aligned with alternating grains for enhanced strength. The bands were then steamed and pre-bent over a form and left to dry.

They were then removed, glued with marine grade, slow set epoxy, and re-clamped to the form. After the glue set, the stems were shaped with a slightly broader profile than traditional for strength, and a tenon was formed at the top which was mortised and pinned to the underside of the deck. All holes for fasteners were predrilled. The result of this care is a less stressed, more resilient stem, a critical piece which is the central structural member of any wood and canvas canoe. + Prior to canvassing, the hull was treated with hot boiled linseed oil which is absorbed deeply into the northern white cedar planking to limit the amount of water that can be absorbed into the wood and to prevent future potential decay.

+ The interior of the canoe has five coats of marine grade varnish. + This canoe features WALKING RACKS for the stern and bow seats. These desirable items are constructed of laminated, pre-bent spruce crosspieces with spruce slats and mahogany center accents which span the ribs in front of the seat to distribute weight across several ribs and to protect the floor of the canoe. They are held in place with pivoting brass catches screwed to ash blocks which are, in turn, screwed and glued to the ribs. These are a very attractive and functional feature, rare on modern canoes.

TOTAL HOURS - construction, filling, painting, drawer, seat, and walking racks: 276 MATERIALS: $784.15 ( not including rib stock and tacks which I had on-hand) PRICE: $3450 NOTE: A new Old Town cedar and canvas sells for $9,500!