Building the Mould Stations Part 1

 Writing this post about week late, I officially started on the actual build process... well sort of... For there are five main sections toward building a Cedar Strip Canoe: Building the mould, planking the strips, Preparing for Fiberglassing, Fiberglassing, and Miscellaneous. The first step so far has proved to be tedious, yet enjoyable. First, by drawing a 2in. x 2in. graph on paper, each point from the Peterbourough model in the graph in Canoecraft was plotted. A process that needed to be checked and rechecked, for accuracy is key. For the name "Peterbourough" means the "Acme of Perfection in Canoe Construction," according to Hallie E. Bond in Boats and Boating in the Adirondacks, and therefore having each point spot on is key. The next mini step is to connect the points. But not like connecting dots as in the children's game. The points must be connected by a batten, which in my case was a small piece of Balsa wood from Hobby Lobby. And then after there was a smooth curve as pictured, I cut it out being very careful I was cutting on the line. As already stated each step may seem long and tedious but it is very intriguing to watch every station mould being draw and cut out, and placed on top of each other, to see the curve of your "Poor Man's Yacht," as Ted Moore's states in Canoecraft.