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Re: Material: Canoe Gunwales- Bill H.? Dan?
By:Bill Hamm
Date: 8/24/2011, 7:42 am
In Response To: Material: Canoe Gunwales- Bill H.? Dan? (Mike Bielski)

: Hi all-

: I'm helping a friend put new gunwales on a whitewater canoe he
: picked up earlier this year. It's a real whitewater boat, and
: will be used hard on whitewater. He got some ash, but can't find
: any ash in a 15' length to do the gunwales in one piece, so
: we're going to scarf them. I'm going to use a 14:1 scarf to be
: sure there is plenty of glue surface area, although I'm not sure
: whether we'll use epoxy or type III PVA. I do have one place yet
: to check to see if we can get a piece long enough, but for now
: the plan is to scarf.

: My question is- should the scarf be oriented on the canoe through
: the thickness or through the width when it's mounted to the
: hull?

: m

Hi Mike,

I'd do it the same as when scarfing the chines on a SOF, put the scarfs at the ends where there is less bend, but that would mean two scarfs per side. It would look better I'd think with a thru the width scarf, doesn't matter strength wise.

Bill H.

Messages In This Thread

Material: Canoe Gunwales- Bill H.? Dan?
Mike Bielski -- 8/24/2011, 7:31 am
Re: Material: Canoe Gunwales- Bill H.? Dan?
peterchech -- 8/24/2011, 7:35 am
Re: Material: Canoe Gunwales- Bill H.? Dan?
Bill Hamm -- 8/24/2011, 7:42 am
Re: Material: Canoe Gunwales- Bill H.? Dan?
Jeff Horton -- 8/24/2011, 7:42 am
Re: Material: Canoe Gunwales- Bill H.? Dan?
Mike Bielski -- 8/24/2011, 8:46 am
Re: Material: Canoe Gunwales- Bill H.? Dan?
Bill Hamm -- 8/24/2011, 9:34 am
Re: Material: Canoe Gunwales- Bill H.? Dan?
Rod Tait (Orca Boats) -- 8/24/2011, 10:10 am
Re: Material: Canoe Gunwales- Bill H.? Dan?
Bill Hamm -- 8/24/2011, 10:33 am
Re: Material: Canoe Gunwales- Bill H.? Dan?
Mike Bielski -- 8/24/2011, 11:26 am
Re: Material: Canoe Gunwales- Bill H.? Dan?
Dan Caouette (CSFW) -- 8/24/2011, 10:07 am
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Etiennemuller Muller Ireland -- 8/24/2011, 2:39 pm
Re: Material: Canoe Gunwales- Bill H.? Dan?
John Eberly -- 8/25/2011, 2:12 pm
Re: Material: Canoe Gunwales- Bill H.? Dan?
Mike Bielski -- 8/25/2011, 5:17 pm
Re: Material: Canoe Gunwales- Bill H.? Dan?
John Eberly -- 8/26/2011, 11:48 am