Remodeling the canoe for the upcoming season - Part 2

Jay has taken apart all the wood trim and has photographed and measured for accurate seat, handle and thwart locations. The gunwales and decks are not worth saving but he will reuse the handles and thwarts. Unfortunately the seat needs a lot more work and may not be worth saving. At the very least it will need new webbing.

The parts saved have now been bleached and Jay discovers that the decks can also be reused. He thought they would break when he took the gunwales off but ended up using a heat gun to soften the glue and they just popped off.  He will be making new seat drops from the left over ash he is buying to make the gunwales.


Parts cleaned up nicely and zero rot:

Saving the seat will require a bit of work but he get's all the old webbing off and staples. It will also be bleached, sanded and epoxied. New webbing will be ordered.