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jjcanoeguide
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Re: Check out my "new" canoe...
Reply #10 - Jun 7th, 2010 at 8:12pm
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She's a beautiful canoe!  I've only had the opportunity to paddle and portage a Seliga once, and it was spectacular.  By the time I was guiding for the Sommers base, Aluma-Craft were the norm, Grumman canoes were esteemed, but the Seligas were legend.  If you ever need someone to portage that canoe for you, let me know!
  
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Re: Check out my "new" canoe...
Reply #11 - Jun 7th, 2010 at 8:12pm
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Thanks for all the compliments!  Smiley
Red makes for a nice "racy" looking canoe.  Joe Seliga painted them in all colors of the rainbow.  I chose green because it was the color of the Sommers Base Seliga fleet.
Specifications?  17" length, 36" max beam, 13" height amidships, full length 3/4" keel, slight rocker.  White cedar ribs, 6" western red cedar planking, oak stems, sitka spruce inner gunwales, mahogany outer gunwales, black cherry decks, seats, and thwarts.  Hull is covered in #10 canvas, filled and painted in Epifanes epoxy yacht enamel.
If you like wood&canvas canoes check out the boats that Alex Comb builds at (You need to Login or Register to view media files and links).  The Traveller would be my dream canoe for solo tripping.
  
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Reply #12 - Jun 25th, 2010 at 2:31am
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Canoeguy also has a good blog focusing on wood-canvas canoes

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