The new canoe that I am building is the 13' Esprit Freestyle canoe. There is not a huge demand for 13'Freestyle canoes in Manitoba, so I have only built the one canoe off of the mold so far, and there were a few things that I wanted to change based upon my experience with the first.
Primarily, I wanted to change the stem profile and how it flows into the main body of the canoe. I also wanted to use 5/16" ribs stock instead of the 1/4" ribs stock used previously. The thicker ribs will hold the desired bottom shape better, the thinner ones rounded out too much.
This is the mold before the modifications.
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The new stem profile laid over a piece of plywood to establish the mold shape for the stem.
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The plywood piece added onto the mold with epoxy. Now I need to adjust the shape of the mold for the last rib positions.
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So I remove the ribbands and add on some Pine strips.
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And rough shape them prior to final shaping.
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