Model 50 done

Paint, final varnish and stembands. Shame we wont get to paddle it as its moving on.

 That great Model 50 shape, one of the Canadian Canoe Company's best

Front seat placement makes a great solo boat

Stern seat

Last touches, screws and washers in place of keel screws, as keel left off. 

Stem bands on

Ready to go

Model 50 update

Canvas is on, and soaked with preservative. Next is filler and rails, then paint. Paddling next spring.

|Colour will be Epifanes #72 Green

 

Model 50 almost done

Building seats. Sitting for so many years in the weather, we made new seats, thwarts and decks, all out of ambrosia (wormy) maple

 

Decks

 

Varnish going back

 

 Period correct shield logo

Not too much wind makes learning to solo easier.

 

J stroke mastered

 

Another solo outing, Muskoka River

 

Decal is on

 

I hate golf, but  tees are great for plugging screw holes in gunwales

 

All thats left are new cant rib tops, small amount of planking to go on and its ready for canvas

Canadian |Canoe Company model 50, new project

 

 Right out of the weeds, after sitting for years. Soaking wet right through.

 On the van headed home

CCCo deck decal remants

 Before the highway canvas peel

 What canvas didnt come off on the drive back was taken off 

 Muck and dirt to be power washed out

 Years of grime and dirt

 This will be the apprentices project

 Washed out and drying, has the great lines of the model 50.  My favourite paddling canoe for solo paddling and trips, this is an early one with wide 4" planking, nice and tight from the factory. in the late 1930s the boats were well built.

 Drying out nicely

 Next will be the chemical strip, carpentry work and bleaching and oiling

Dried out and ready for restoration

 

 Sleek and fast

To be updated when work begins