Blog - Tales From The River & Workshop

The next part of the build is one of the more exciting aspects, canvassing. For some time I have paddled with friends in the W.C.H.A who...

Cant ribs are the last few at each end of the canoe and they are made in two parts as opposed to being bent at the stem. Mainly because...

The stem to gunwale joints can be made in a variety of ways but it is usually some form of open tenon or bridle joint. Even so to many...

To begin with I continued planking. I found it helped if I wetted the planks well and left them overnight to soak and for some pieces I...

It’s been quite some time since I have had time to write anything to my blog but I thought as this Canoe is a different type of build...

It has been a while since I have been paddling for a whole day and with resin setting on two canoes in the workshop I decided I was due a...

A disrupted face paddle is one where one of the blade faces is shaped with an uneven surface whilst the other is smooth as normal. The...

Hello Folks I find myself at home for a few weeks laid up with Pericarditis (an inflammation of the lining of the heart probably caused...

Hello Folks After the storm of the previous night you can see Nick’s event shelter was now dismantled but our tents were still standing....

Hello Folks It seems with the way things are going I seem to have less and less time for writing blogs and I am beginning to wonder if...