Sunshine and Acorn

The Sunshine is all planked up and recieving a few coats of varnish on the inside of the hull before we start installing the ribs. We've also started work on Iain Oughtred's Acorn Tender design. We've setup all the moulds and are just in the process of finishing the backbone.

Cynthia has also been very busy getting the finish on the canoe to look just right!

Feature Photos

While we sand the new Sunshine hull, I thought I would post some pictures of the compleated Chistmas Wherry and Newfoundland Trap Skiff. The wonderful pictures of the Trap Skiff were taken by Michael Deeley of Toronto and the Christmas Wherry pictures were taken by Hilford Burton.

The first three are of the Newfoundland Trap Skiff and the last four are of the Christmas Wherry.

'Gertie' Christmas Wherry Launched!

The shop has been very busy the past couple of weeks so I appologize for the lack of blog posts. 'Gertie' was launched last night up at McIvor Lake with her owner David present to be the first pull the oars. We also had a chance to hoist the lug sail which worked very wella and looked spectacular (pictures of the sail rig will be posted next week). There was no wind so we were not able to try sailing her but we really look forward to hearing how she performs.

We have also been busy finishing off the lapstrake canoe. The finishing is coming along very nicely and I think shes on to her last few coats.

We have also started a new project. We are building another Sunshine yacht tender and are ready to start with the third planks. I will keep you updated on that project as well.