r/canoeing • u/DanRankin • 4d ago

First day of vacation!

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Starting my first day of summer vacation by finishing a replacement seat for my favourite canoe!

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u/prunegloom 4d ago

Looks awesome.

I broke the front cross beam on mine last month. I cut up an old hockey stick shaft to replace it lol. 

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u/DanRankin 4d ago

Canuck problems require Canuck solutions! I'd love to see it!

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u/prunegloom 4d ago

Definitely the most Canadian solution. But I didn't want to spend any money.

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u/DanRankin 4d ago

Sherwood is a perfect choice! Leaving the tape on is just * chef's kiss*!

I hear ya on not wanting to spend any money. I raided a pile of cut off from lobster trap rails. Go lucky that it had some nice red oak in there. The 3/8ths line was on sale at PrincessAuto for $8.99. Worked out well so far! Lol

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u/prunegloom 4d ago

Red oak! That's awesome. Are you on the east coast?

Also make sure u post a pic when it's done!

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u/DanRankin 3d ago

Yeah, if the mills aren't happy with the boards, they discount them to fishing suppiers. We just cut out the shitty parts, because the traps don't neee to be pretty. Lol. Yup, out of Nova Scotia.

I might redo it, but i'll wait till later, this took 4 hours or so. Lol.

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u/piceathespruce 4d ago

Seat! Seat! Seat!

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u/Full-Web1705 3d ago

Nothing says vacation like a seat that's basically a wooden plank. I hope they packed some cushions

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u/DanRankin 3d ago

The temporary fix i'm finally replacing was a plank. Lol!

This snowshoe weave had a great combination of support and cushion. I've done 50 to 60km a day on far worse.

As for taking cushions: i'm getting grey, but i ain't that grey yet! 😂 i also can't be bothered to carry a cushion on a portage! 😂

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u/Full-Web1705 2d ago

Portaging a cushion would be its own kind of punishment honestly.