There are a number of broken ribs to attend to. Not so badly as to require a rib replacement, a back side rib repair will do fine. Luckily, there are only 4! Not like on the old Chestnut that I just finished.

I won't bore you with another detailed description, just look up the posts on canoe repair, or century chestnut.


The rib ends were getting a little punky, too. Three of them required that the ends be repaired.