The International Canoe

Hi, I've been spending the last 2 years lurking after joining what seems a happy band of brothers with the aquisition of a boyhood dream.

I feel I must start reporting back to motivate myself!

So far I'm just getting the boat into a condition to be simply revarnished. I think there is little else to be done. Torment has been resting in a garage for the majority of her life. Put away for the winter some time in the early 1970's, she was kept there by his widow, untouched for the next 35years.

It would be a sin to convert to "A" class, and I would never have the necessary skills. I hope to join the back of the fleet perhaps this year or next!

This is the story so far... (Note, Photo bucket puts the photos in from the most recent to the oldest)
http://s225.photobucket.com/albums/dd31 ... 20Torment/

Hi Michael,

Wow, Torment is looking good. It helps the motivation when a “project” begins with something beautiful – that hull is in stunning condition.

My worry is that you seem to be retaining “the bacon-slicer”- the stainless strap over the carriage. I would seriously suggest that you find a way of getting rid of it as it can be bloody-well lethal as I and others have found out personally – it ain’t called the bacon-slicer for nought!.

Back in the mists of time I resurrected K137 from the dead. After a dozen or so outings and nearly losing various parts of my anatomy the slicer came off.

I’ll have a look to see if I have any snaps of how I got round the problem of retaining the seat but the fact that you have a vertical component built in from the centreboard case to the carriage will make it easier to come up with a solution.

Keep up the good work.

Ian McP

I have a 1960s Avalon that looks identical to "Torment". . . including the bacon slicer. How have folks dealt with that? . . perhaps some links to photos? . .

To: bobfic102

Hi Bob there's a "PM" waiting for you

Ian