April 24th, 2008

  What projects would you like to see going on? Bending on ribs?, other steam bending projects?, canvassing?, any aspects of restoration?, etc. Contact us and we'll see what we can come up with.

   AHHHHH!!!!, spring..... Rollin told me I could'nt go fishing until I updated the website. Lucky for us all the water is real high or else thats where I'd be just outta spite. Winter has finally let go. We still have snow piles and there is still snow in the woods where the sun is not strong. We have had a marvelous stretch of weather in April and that has put a real dent in the snowpack. The rivers are all at the high spring level and are showing no evidence of drawing down anytime soon.

   Well the last part of winter was productive despite Rollin traveling to New Zealand to visit his brother. Paul is still struggling with illness and manages to make it some of the time. Kermit has been with us now since last summer and has made a contribution. We have a new addition to the shop. We have a shop MUTT now. Her name is "Bean". She is actually my dog, but she is comfortable most anywhere and has fit into my sometimes hectic lifstyle qiute readily. She is a full yellow lab(unpapered) with red highlights, but for all intents shes a mutt, and so far proven to be a good one.

   As for canoes we last saw a Kingfisher square stern canoe in progress. That one is finished and we have started the next one. We saw a couple old square sterns in progress they have been drying all winter and are about to be brought back into the shop and be put into the finishing stages.  A Huron Canoe and the 15' Cheemaun from the last update are since finished. The all wood English and another just like it from Peterborough are in the final stages, they both have sail rigs. The first one has a double bat-wing and the other a standard lanteen rig. A 20' Old Town guide and an 13' American Beauty have been finished and are awaiting pick-up. A 15' Morris and  another Old Town are also waiting to go home. let's see ..............

Peter

   Here's the Kingfisher and the two squaresterns, note both have sponsons.

          A 15' Cheemaun in progress.                                A Cheemaun almost finished.

    Another 13' American Beauty on the way....... to this.............................

   here's the Huron finished......

  A 16' Old Town with extende decks. It needed new decks and typical rail and stem tip repair.

  Now it needs rails which we bent yesterday.

   Here's the 20' Old Town that needed a little TLC, it came out great.

The English all wood Canoe.

   we are still waiting for some hardware but this one is in the final stages. Thats bean.

    It's nice when this......................................................ends up like this!!

      Dennis Gantt's or should I say Vaughn Gantt's (Dennis's son) 15' morris.

    Another Old Town Otca with a sail rig.

     Here's Bean just after she came to the shop.

     Bean hard at work...........

                 FOR SALE

1940's OLD TOWN OTCA 18' CANOE

FULLY RESTORED

ASKING $1800.00

CALL  for details

(207) 564-3667

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