Canoe Guy BC: How to Rebuild the Ends of an Old Town Otca Wood-Canvas Canoe — Part 1
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by Mike Elliott, Kettle River Canoes
email: artisan@canoeshop.ca
Water tends to collect in the ends of wood-canvas canoes when they are used on a regular basis. This moist environment creates perfect growing conditions for the fungi that cause wood rot. I have described the process of rebuilding the rotted ends of a wood-canvas canoe in my book ̶ This Old Canoe . However, when the canoe is built with a stylish upward sweep in the sheer line at both ends, the re...