Guinness Bottles

Here they are Scott. These are all almost defintley pre 1900 and may go back much farther. The Guinness Factory has been open for 250 years i believe.

All Done Sanding

I didnt get as far as I would have liked this weekend. The sanding was more time consuming than I had thought. I'm relatively satisfied with the results so far. I'll do a few things differently on my next try, my main goal is to get this one in the water this summer.



Taking a little break.

Please join me in a moment of silence.

I have finished the hull of the canoe. Lots of sanding and planing is up next then a coat of epoxy, hopefully by the end of this weekend.

Stitch Assist Program

The stitch assist mode that comes with digital cameras is way better than I thought it was. I was just messing around with it on my computer and this is four photos of a carved piece of granite at Peggy's Cove Nova Scotia. You cant see the seams at all.

ALMOST THERE!

I'm just about done stripping the hull of the canoe at this point. I figure I can be laying fiberglass by Good Friday. Once I get some epoxy on the hull, all of the colors of the cedar will really stand out. Shes gonna look SWEET!

Keel Strips

I have reached the part of the canoe stripping process that i have been most worried about. The keel at the stems. I have to bend these godamn strips 90 degrees over a distance of 26 inches. The picture below is what will be my third attempt. CANT WAIT TILL THIS PART IS OVER!

I'm heading down now to give it a shot, AGAIN!

What do you think Walt?

I like it a lot, I think this is the plan