wood run

The stripping goes swimmingly, but as I move up towards the bilge curve, I start to get nervous. I don't think I have enough wood to finish. Once I start to close in the top of the canoe, I will need less and can use some of the ends cut off from the longer strips. I but-joint some of the smaller pieces, but I still need more wood. I shop around on the Internet, but can't find anything local. My friend Grant has some eastern white cedar left over from some that he milled a few years back. Even with that, I will need more. We were planning a trip to Guelph in a week, so I decide to bring back some of the western red cedar that I've got stored in Jamie's garage.

When get the wood back from Guelph, it's very dark compared to the strips already on the canoe. So I try to incorporate a pattern with the red and white that doesn't look like pin strips. As I am stripping the top, I only do one side at a time. So I won't know how this pattern works out until I fill in both sides.