Glen wrote:

There are some pictures of it on http://howtofixthings.net/canoe.html
that show the areas that need repair and the extent of the damage.

I'm with Brian on this - you can do it if you have the time and want to learn how.

It isn't clear in the photos how much damage is done to the wood. If it's
seriously rotted under the fiberglass, it should be replaced and that
complicates things. Ditto the transom where the plywood is currently exposed.

I'd think of removing and replacing the seats, thwarts and gunwales.

If there is serious rot in the wood and the hull is glass laminated wood, it may
not be worth the effort to repair. Your time would be better spent making a new
canoe. I'm guessing it's an old chopped strand hull with wood reinforcement.
That would be easier to fix.

Mike

Michael Daly wrote:
Glen wrote:

There are some pictures of it on http://howtofixthings.net/canoe.html
that show the areas that need repair and the extent of the damage.


I'm with Brian on this - you can do it if you have the time and want to
learn how.

It isn't clear in the photos how much damage is done to the wood. If
it's seriously rotted under the fiberglass, it should be replaced and
that complicates things. Ditto the transom where the plywood is
currently exposed.

I'd think of removing and replacing the seats, thwarts and gunwales.

If there is serious rot in the wood and the hull is glass laminated
wood, it may not be worth the effort to repair. Your time would be
better spent making a new canoe. I'm guessing it's an old chopped
strand hull with wood reinforcement. That would be easier to fix.

Mike

thanks

as far as I know the only wood on the boat is on the transom, I say this
because iirc there is some flex in the keel when underway, but I'll take
a better look when I get home tonight..

Brians page has an excellent howto on how to repair a hole in the hull,
but I was more concerned about how I was going to fix the missing parts
of the gunwale and transom, and the yoke I was unsure about as well.
I'm not even sure if I can get replacement parts for this boat anymore,
it's quite old as far as I can tell.

If it's the Clipper from Vancouver (Western Boatworks or something like
that) they're still around. Check their website. Also, and fairly
important is to find out whether it's made from epoxy or polyester
resin. Better to keep to the same kind, although you can put epoxy on
poly, but not the reverse.

Marsh

Glen wrote:
Michael Daly wrote:
Glen wrote:

There are some pictures of it on http://howtofixthings.net/canoe.html
that show the areas that need repair and the extent of the damage.


I'm with Brian on this - you can do it if you have the time and want
to learn how.

It isn't clear in the photos how much damage is done to the wood. If
it's seriously rotted under the fiberglass, it should be replaced and
that complicates things. Ditto the transom where the plywood is
currently exposed.

I'd think of removing and replacing the seats, thwarts and gunwales.

If there is serious rot in the wood and the hull is glass laminated
wood, it may not be worth the effort to repair. Your time would be
better spent making a new canoe. I'm guessing it's an old chopped
strand hull with wood reinforcement. That would be easier to fix.

Mike

thanks

as far as I know the only wood on the boat is on the transom, I say this
because iirc there is some flex in the keel when underway, but I'll take
a better look when I get home tonight..

Brians page has an excellent howto on how to repair a hole in the hull,
but I was more concerned about how I was going to fix the missing parts
of the gunwale and transom, and the yoke I was unsure about as well.
I'm not even sure if I can get replacement parts for this boat anymore,
it's quite old as far as I can tell.

Marsh Jones wrote:

Also, and fairly
important is to find out whether it's made from epoxy or polyester
resin.

The odds of a canoe like that being made of epoxy is zero. The question is
"vinylester or polyester?". I'd lay odds that it's polyester, as the
construction isn't that great and you only see vinylester in better quality
canoes and kayaks.

Mike