20′ White Guide

March 1, 2011

We’re still waiting for the weather to improve up north and the road slime to recede before the Morris makes its way south. Another addition to the local fleet will be tagging along: a 20′ White Guide built by Jerry Stelmok of Island Falls Canoe. The big White was the ultimate wilderness tripping boat back […]

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Finishing Touches

February 27, 2011

The Eastport Pram is complete with the exception of her sailing rig. All that remains to finish her off is a little varnish on the spars and some rigging work. Here’s what happened over the last week or so:

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Majestic Blue

February 20, 2011

Click to enlarge: Taped off the interior reinforcing plates which will carry the exterior color. The grab holes and lack of a defining edge posed a problem: where to transition from white to blue? The solution I came up with was to paint the overlays blue. First coat – not to worry, it gets several […]

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Hardware

February 17, 2011

There’s nothing like the thrill of drilling holes in a boat you’ve spent months agonizing over! The interior is finished with four coats of Alexseal Yacht Coatings “Oyster White” and I installed the oarlocks properly sealed with marine bedding compound. Not to worry CC, the excess goop gets cleaned off! I’m pre-installing the exterior hardware and […]

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Dinghy Update

January 30, 2011

Kind of sounds like a “blonde moment” doesn’t it? Anyhow, it finally warmed up enough to fool with the epoxy primer again and I got the interior primed yesterday. Warm(er) temperatures are a must for two reasons: the paint won’t cure properly in cold temps and I can’t ventilate the garage!

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1918 B.N. Morris

January 15, 2011

I located this baby for some dear friends and after getting a new skin she’ll be down on Lake Martin this summer. Mahogany seats, rare wide mahogany thwarts, D-shaped mahogany outwales, mahogany top caps, 24″ mahogany decks with combing, and an interior in beautiful condition. I’m honored to be working on this piece of history! […]

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The Guide is Sold

January 14, 2011

The 1937 Old Town Guide I rebuilt will be relocating down to Lake Martin this spring! That will put three of my canoes down there along with frequent appearances by my own boat. We’ll have to see if we can get them all together this summer.

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Secrets Revealed

January 4, 2011

Now that Santa has returned north I can reveal what has been going on in the other bay of the shop. It’s not a canoe but it will float. Unfortunately Santa had to settle for wrapping up the plans and a nice set of oars since there were some issues with missing paint components. It’s […]

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Finishing Touches

January 4, 2011

Installing the stem bands is always a test of nerves. You would think it would be simple to just follow the stem drilling holes as you go but once you get up on the bottom you start to question “Am I on center?” The last thing you want is to miss the stem! Another happy […]

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Overtime

December 12, 2010

The elves have been hard at it pushing late and not updating things around here. The Cheemaun has been filled, primed and sanded several times and now awaits the first coat of finish paint. Other projects to be revealed after Santa makes his run.

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