I made a good trade last Friday. You know its a good
trade when both parties feel that they got the best part of the deal
and walk away happy. This is why I'm happy. This is a vintage sailing
rig for fixing to a canoe, and it was originally with a late 1930's
Canadian Canoe Co. wood and canvas canoe. The owners had absolutely no
intention of ever sailing that canoe, however they really did need some
new cedar for rib replacement, so a deal was made. Her is the rig
sitting in place on the Seliga that I am working on. Lee boards with
leather straps to buckle them to the canoes thwart, clamp on mast
partner, short mast with lateen sail of Egyptian Cotton, and a back rest
for when you sit on the canoe's floor while sailing. the backrest just
happens to have a teeny-tiny Peterborugh Canoe Co. decal under the
layers of dark, crust, old, varnish.
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