Canoe building
Building a Selway Fisher 15 foot prospector canoe
Port Gaverne launch
The plans
gathering the tools
Lofting the plans onto 4 sheets of gaboon marine ply
cutting out the 28 planks
planing edges of planks
scarf jointing the planks together
more clamps required
loosely arranging planks
starting to loosely stitch the planks together
centre board mould to shape planks around
taking shape
The bow
bow loosely stitched
showing cable tie stitching
bulkhead (Anthea painting board)
clamping bow into shape
Filleting the joints with epoxy filler
bulkhead
deck made partly from an old cupboard I made as a student
clamping and screwing the gunwales
Finishing the deck to a soundtrack by Paul
The stern
air release bung
primer
4 coats of Donegal Green topcoat
4 coats of varnish on the decks and gunwales
A seat made from some old Gul webbing
Inside painted off white
Detaiing and air pressure release valve.
Ye olde canoe builder
Seat and yoke bolted in
second seat in Cornish colours
Finished!
named Keskorra, Cornish for put together
Launched at Port Gaverne for first sea trials