Almost there. I've sanded the inside of the hull as far as I can go with the random orbital sander and now I'll hand sand the last foot or so on each end. With that cleaned up I'll put a base coat of resin on the hull and then the fiberglass cloth with another 4 coats of resin.
Michael Thomsen of Tecumseh, Michigan built his first canoe because he wanted a small, easily handled boat to fish from. It turned out so nice he knew he had to build more. “Canoe Mike” has now retired from his day job as an electrician and devotes all his time to building boats and paddles. He makes wooden canoes using the wood strip and fiberglass method. He buys the caned seats and brass hardware for the boats, but hand makes all the other components of the boat. He also makes wooden canoe and kayak paddles.
