Sponson sailing canoe

Early open gunwhale sponson canoe, needs rails, seats, decks, stem  tips, and a total restoration

Boat is complete, but rough. Buoyancy provided by sponsons will make an ideal sailing canoe with lots of flotation, even swamped

Batwing lateen, made by Todd Bradshaw of Addiction Sails. Bad photo, but same sail as below. No more to be made, Todd has retired.  Centerboard installation similar to Old Town below, will take the place of the leeboards needed for lateral resistance.  The boat that Peterborough/Chestnut never made, this donor boat will be a perfect candidate as it needs so much work.

On its way home to Ontario

 

 

Prefire Chestnut Sponson Canoe

 

Another nice survivor from Northern Quebec, in original condition

Early flat top sponsons, on closed rail Pleasure model hull 

 Original condition and canvas, showing method of canvas fastening from factory

Prefire Chestnut Pleassure model

17' Pleasure model, code named Aster.  

In original condition, with some extra paint and front seat repair with another thwart

Distinctive sheer line and bow profile, showing top and side caps unique to closed gunwhale construction

Crowned heart shaped decks

Typical end rot, stem tip and rail ends. Not bad for 110 years old

 

Cane long gone, vinyl over seats.

Nice amount of wear, no breaks visible and original as found condition

 On its way back to Ontario, found in Quebec

Some pics for a snowy winter nite

 Photo from a roll of film belonging to Tom Thomson, developed long after his passing.

Back boat is an open gunwale cruiser, stern seat showing

 Drowned Land by Thomson, cant wait to get back to his type of water for some paddling

 New build cruiser the day of the lift lock record

 Late afternoon, Muskoka River

 Thomson guiding a party, closed rail cruiser pictured

 Closed rail cruiser

 

Thomson camp, double exposed and showing a cruiser

Vintage Eastern Industries 20" bandsaw

After years of looking and watching, along comes a complete, running example. Largely a cosmetic restoration, it will be stripped of its house paint, all bearings changed, and a new table welded up. The induction/repulsion motor will be serviced and continue to run at 220v.

To be set up to resaw for ribs and planking, it has over 10" capacity

New cruiser build

Time to pull a new one from the form, spruce rails and roasted birdseye maple decks, seats and thwarts.