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Thread: Canoe Rebuild----Sounds quick and easy, Right?

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    Quote Originally Posted by itallushrt View Post
    Did you make the gunwales or buy premade?
    Unfortunately no. I was going to but in the absence of enough time I bought a knockdown set, (each 20' piece comes in 3 sections then glue and screw together) this saves on shipping costs. If I had it to do over again and if it was heading into winter, I'd make my own out of western red cedar. Always next time.

    Ash Gunwales - Knockdown Kit - Northwest Canoe e-Store

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    Had planned to finish prior to last weekend but we received around 11" of rain this past weekend. Wasn't even fit to work in the garage.
    Ok. This is going to wrap it up for this season. Just too much to do and too many fish to chase to do more on this go around.

    Stained all the wood and have hand wiped 3 coats of watco oil on. I'll probably do some keel guards at some point later this summer and replace grommets in the bow and stern, maybe when it's too hot to fish.
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    Congrats! She looks awesome, you did a fantastic job!

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    Great looking job.
    The love for fishing is one of the best gifts you can pass along

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    Thanks for the all the kind remarks.
    Took it out on Sunday afternoon for the maiden float. Awesome!!! Weighs in at 52 lbs., handles great and cuts through the water like a knife.
    After lugging around my jackson big rig (106 lbs) and trying to paddle it, this thing sure is super easy.
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