Welcome to the new Bear Mountain Builders Forum - an interactive internet service we provide to encourage communication between canoe and kayak builders
Inspired by many web sites around the world a after much reading and issue solving on this website (even though I have contributed little) I have completed my (first) canoe.
This Redbird was launched in January this year (yes I know it only took 9 months to report back) but I promised that I would. You guys deserve some praise for the unknown help that you have given me.
Hi Ramps, congratulations on your first build! When I go to Aussie Wooden Boat Forum I can read your threads but I cannot view the pics, one must be a registered member. This would also prevent you from showing them here. You would have to load your pics to a photo sharing service (like Photobucket.com) to be able to display the pics here.
Glen
Logged off the woodworking forums and could still see all the pictures so I don't know what the story is there.
I've put a few on google to share but looks like the same issue. Can anyone see the prob?
The hyperlink in the above post seemed to work OK just not the images. I've tried grabbing this URL from between in tags and it works all right in the address bar of the browser
Not all photo sharing services will allow to display a photo, only to post a link to see the photo. They want to attract us to their photo service website where they can encourage us to join as members and they can flash all kinds of advertisements at us.
Hi Ramps, they say to never install a bow slider seat in a symmetrical canoe because when you paddle it solo you normally sit in the bow seat facing the stern. The sliding seat supporting structure gets in the way when you do this. If you normally paddle solo from a kneeling position slightly behind the center thwart, then the sliding bow seat isn't a problem.
Glen
i did wonder if this was the reason but it didn't quite make sense as when, in solo mode and the seat has been slid towards the centre thwart the support is actually under the seat so it seems not to be a problem.
As for paddling from a kneeling position, apart from finding this very uncomfortable I find this canoe is a bit too wide to be paddling from too near the centre and it pretty much has a very long "keel like design" (even though it doesn't actually have a built in keel) that it's very easy to keep straight regardless of where you paddle it from.
Just my experience (which is minimal). Never even owned a canoe (and only paddled one a few times) before this one
Kerry
the gunnels, seats and decks are Western Australian Sheoak. Got about a cubic metre tucked away, I love it. A bit dense for boats ( about 600kg/m3 ... sorry don't know what to translate that into if you're non-metric) but better than most of the other native timbers that we have available (800-1200kg.m3 ... ie will sink even when kiln dried!)
You guys don't know how lucky you are with all your softwoods ... at least for boatbuilding ... I can't say I mind too much when it comes to furniture making though
Beautiful boat you have there and a fine family as well. :big grin
