Vintage 16ft balsa wood canoe
Seats two and it floats
Seats two and it floats
With only 15 minutes left
to bid I had to act fast. The shape looked really fast and I couldn't believe the thing was only 16 ft. long. So I threw 52 bucks on the table and I was the proud winner of a new (to me) boat. Too bad it was west of Chicago, but I think I know someone who lives nearby...A month went by and I finally made it out to get the boat. The original idea was to try it out in a local river to see if it was worth toting home. But a tight schedule and the rotten gunwhales kept us from getting it wet right away. After closer inspection the boat appears to be a homemade fiberglass wrapped C2 race boat likely based off the Jenson 18.6 design that is the benchmark for race/expedition canoeing. It is 18 feet 6 inches long with a shallow arched hull and almost no rocker. It weight 67 pounds which is pretty light given it's length.
So my kayak building buddy Craig stops by and says he knows just what to do to fix the gunnwhales and makes me some new cedar stripes and set me up with the epoxy to hold them in place. 43 clamps later the glue was drying and the next day it was ready to see water. Then the SMAC AR10 race the next weekend.
2 comments:
Three dollars per lineal foot. Four dollars per pound. Either way that's a good deal, rotten gunwhales or not. Especially for a Jenson C2 knockoff. Of course, if you're going to copy a C2,copy the Jenson, am i right? No keel, minimal rocker. From the shot of the craft in action it looks like it draws about 4 inches. When loaded with 2 large gentlemen and is that a case of beer?
I look forward to the SMAC AR10 race report with great eagerness.
tango999
If i had a boat
i'd go out on the ocean
and if i had a pony
i'd ride him on my boat
and if i did an adventure race
i'd write a race report
and we could all together
go out and do that race
all of us out doin' the adventure race
So? Did you do the expert/pro/studly category?
Did you win? place? show? DNF? DFL? And how good did the beer taste afterward? What kind did you have? Were you bleeding or otherwise injured at all?
WTF? Inquiring minds wanna know...
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