Blog - Tales From The River & Workshop

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After a lovely meal Saturday evening from our hosts Sheila and Simon at Barton Turf Adventure Centre followed by a few ales I was unsure if I would wake early enough for an early morning paddle but luckily I awoke feeling surprisingly fresh and ready to go a...

On the Saturday I decided to get up early and go for a pre-breakfast paddle to see if could see another otter. I had seen one last year so was hopeful of doing it again.

I got down to the landing stage as the sun was beginning to rise.

The water was reasonably flat and I...

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Once the gunwales are glued the next task is to round their edges and put some trims on the decks.

The trims were made from some Sapele off cuts I had from another job and were glued in place before finally shaping their edges and chiselling the ends to suit...

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This Easter I met with my OCA friends for a weekend on the magical waters of the Norfolk Broads.

I arrived on Friday afternoon and once tents were up and gear sorted some of us decided to go for a paddle to Neatishead and back.

We were based at Barton Turf Adv...

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I awoke in the morning around 8.30 having slept well and peered out of my tent noting the flat calm of the river in front of me.

Knowing I had plenty of time I decided to paddle up river to Perio lock though I wouldn't bother portaging it as it is quite a tri...

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Knowing the weather was going to be good this weekend I decided a long paddle with an overnight stop was overdue and headed up river from the workshop in Stibbington.

Peterborough 1 was heavily loaded as I had my tent, sleeping bag sandwiches and drink for tw...

My First Stitch and Glue Canoe another fill coat..

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The next day I had some tidying up of the glass reinforcement on the bow and stern to do and as I was going to give that area another coat of resin I decided an extra fill coat would do no harm.

I began by san...

Today's paddle had a purpose. Nick ,Sam and I were to test Sam's Newly refurbished 1920's Canoe.

Sam has put quite a lot of work into getting her from a wreck to her current condition and you can read his blog here.

http://www.songofthepaddle.co.uk/forum/showthread.php/5...

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It has been some time since I last posted a blog abot Felix's Canoe. I have been repeating the process in my last blog de nibbing and varnishing and building up the coating in the hope she will be watertight. She has now had nine coats and I feel it is time...

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Although this chapter is called glassing the outside I began by sanding the inside of the hull. The reason I didn't rush to do this stage is simple. The resin has to have time to set properly before you sand it. Generally this takes about a week but it is de...