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Building the Canoe

The planking is coming right along; it took me a few days after we got back to head back down into the basement to work on her what with the days stretching with 8pm summerlike sunsets. I am making the transition from vertical to horizontal, now the shearing of the planks to fit the bow and stern sections comes into play. I listen to the Red Sox while I measure, cut, glue and staple the planks, it's like meditation ;)

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I have crossed the line from horizontal to vertical with the planking and am now having to cut the plank-ends to fit them seamlessly down the keel line. Last night the Yankees' were trouncing the Sox so I put on "Into the Wild" and listened to the tale of Chris McCandless who starved to death on the Stampede trail West of Healy AK in 1992. He had the right intentions, just not the attention to detail when out collecting plants to eat. He did make a sweet canoe trip down the Colorado River and into the Sea of Cortez. Once the planking is done I sand the canoe and then fiberglass her. It's gonna be tricky gettin her out of the basement and into the garage for the fiberglassing; I measured the stairs already and should have enough room so I don't repeat the mistake my father made when he was building the mirror dinghy in the basement of MCO and couldn't get her out the door. The worst case scenerio is taking a pick-ax to the concrete steps to create more space (my next project then will be concrete step making;)