Contact me at: rrcp@mts.net or by phone 204.878.2524

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Lots of stuff goes on in this shop, located in Lorette, Manitoba.

Primarily it's the building and repair of classic wood & canvas canoes, and the making of premium canoe paddles. I also do custom boat building, composite fabrication, and special projects. A growing passion of mine is the making of classical guitars, I'll post about that, too.

I want to be able to share with my clients the progress of their commissioned work. Later I started thinking that there might be other people who are interested in what goes on inside a wooden canoe shop operated by an artist and a recovering teacher.

If you have any questions please feel free to contact me by email, phone, or by post. My mailing address is:

Red River Canoe & Paddle
24249 River Rd
Lorette, Manitoba
Canada
R5K 0Z6




Monday 12 September 2011

Some old fiberglass canoes are cheaper to repair than they are to replace. This one is branded as an "Equinox", and made in Winnipeg during the'70's-80's. Its nota great canoe, but serves its owners family well. It got caught in a pretty significant windstorm and some holes were worn into the hull laminate. Grind, grind, grind, some fiberglass and epoxy, sand, then paint. Now its ready for many more years of use.












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