Progress continues on both the 6 hour canoe and the Pygmy Coho.
Last week we got the last two coats of paint on the outside of the hull. On Thursday I took the time to make the seat frame. I decided it would probably be best to take over this step because Emily is a little frightened of my table saw (admittedly, it is a bit of a beast), and I wanted the pieced to be joined with blind mortise and tenon. On Saturday we got to work, and after a bit of last minute sealing we applied two coats of white primer to the seat frame and the interior of the boat. It looks jaunty. After a few days to fully cure, we will be able to paint it.
Over the past two weeks Joseph has sanded most of the exterior of the coho smooth again after the completion of the fill coats. He got to the point where he was ready to glue up the deck panels, and asked if he could put his hull on top of Emily’s boat while he glued them. I said no, but he could suspend his hull several feet above his work surface with some two by fours and webbing. That is what he has done, and it is at once functional and a bit humorous. Over the weekend he got the first few deck panels glued up and he will be gluing the others up soon.
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