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[catsittingstill]

So there's this theory I can put pictures up. I'm gonna try. People have been asking for pictures of Patience; this is the best one I have so far, taken yesterday.



(Edit--alas I can't get the img tag to work. I don't know why. However, you can find the image at:

(Further edit: Thanks to helpful comments from friends, I think I may have it working now!)

Comments

[peteralway.livejournal.com]

Nice-looking canoe you've got there. Shame if something should happen to it. I mean, very pretty. So that lovely wood grain is showing through a layer of fiberglass?

[catsittingstill.livejournal.com]

"Shame if something should happen to it."

Goodness yes. The collateral damage would be considerable. How fortunate that nothing...unfortunate...is going to happen. To anyone.

Yep, there's a layer of fiberglass inside and out; two layers at the stems and the bottom.

[peteralway.livejournal.com]

That fiberglass should keep anything from happening to it. I was thinking about having rented aluminum canoes as a kid (and getting drenched a couple of times in the Au Sable and Pere Marquett rivers in northern Lower Michigan). I can't imagine a wood canoe of simiar weight putting up with that kind of abuse. How thick is the hull?

[catsittingstill.livejournal.com]

The wood strips were 1/4 inch thick before being planed and sanded, but of course the epoxy-fiberglass adds thickness... I'd guess the hull's about 3/8 inch, but I'm not sure. This type of canoe is supposed to be reasonably tough, but probably not as tough as aluminum :-)