Rudder & Transport Problems!

Dress rehearsals
If we can work out a way whereby one person can get this 15’8” canoe onto the car top, won’t this be better than bothering with a trailer. Also an excuse to see the project in some daylight.


There you go – straightforward. Now off on-line to purchase a roof roller and canoe trolley.

In woodwork terms the weekend has seen the rudder yoke made and fitted to the folding rudder. Also the leeboard shaped.

Floors & Knees

Floors and knees now in place. As the weight increases with each component, thoughts of car top transport are now being replaced by trailer designs. Not part of the original plan!



A watertight boxing is formed around the mast positions in the forward and aft deck. Copper tube is then set in place to drain any water which will come through the mast holes and take it back into the cockpit. Hopefully this leaves us with watertight bouyancy (and storage) areas forward and aft.

I even get to start bulding the folding rudder - progress indeed. Now to find the bronze fittings to match.