Nokomis and Vader

[jimd]

I'm a canoe builder, and wanted to share some of my work.
I started building Cedar strip canoes, in the very early 90s.
Here are some pics of the last two I built !
Nokomis is a stripper, and Vader, is a Carbon/Kevlar copy ! I used Nokomis as a Male mold to pull a copy off.





Jim

[shawn]

Those look nice Jim. I bet you have plenty of hours into a canoe before it is water ready?

[jimd]

Nov 3, 2017 9:38:08 GMT -5 shawn said:

Those look nice Jim. I bet you have plenty of hours into a canoe before it is water ready?

I never keep track, but those that do say about 200 hrs. I thought Vader would take less time, but I don't think so, in fact, it probably took longer, with building the insert to stiffen the bottom !

Some look at building these things as Work ! I think of it as fun ! Often telling people, it's what keeps me out of the Bars at night !
Thanks !

Jim

[shawn]

Yep, those are functional pieces of art. Maybe some day I'll be asking for advice on attempting to build one myself. 

[mdtreehugger]

Wow. Those are absolutely beautiful! I hope to see some more of your work in the future. 

[nytrapper23]

Wow those are absolutely gorgeous! Nice job!

[jimd]

Nov 3, 2017 10:46:24 GMT -5 mdtreehugger said:

Wow. Those are absolutely beautiful! I hope to see some more of your work in the future. 

Functional is right ! I Paddle them, not just look at them ! They are all scratched up ! Vader took me into the BWCA this Fall, for a short Solo.
Glad to share what I know !
 Thanks to all for the comments !

[farmertrappe]

Luv your work, functional works of art.

[jimd]

Nov 6, 2017 10:21:22 GMT -5 farmertrappe said:

Luv your work, functional works of art.

Thanks ! But I have Very little artistic talent ! Ask me to draw something !