Chenoa 16 build - Splashed

[dbcrx]

What's that little inboard in the background?
It looks like an old Yanmar or Petter.

I would build a boat around that engine!

Not sure. That belongs to a guy that retired over a year ago, yet still takes up a big corner of our workshop with his tools and toys! He has 2 boats he's refitting here, but I think that engine was just something he picked up to rebuild and sell on.

I have an old mercury 650 sitting outside waiting for a boat. I'd love to build something for that, but I struggled to fund the canoe let alone anything bigger!

[dbcrx]

As promised, today the canoe got wet. And here's the proof.

The canoe was great. It took the weight of all 4 of us (2 adults and 2 kids) very easily. We didn't stay out long because the kids were a little nervy about the stability, which is nothing against the canoe - I think it was much more stable than the one we rented a while ago. It took us ages to get used to that one. Plus my wife could only paddle for 5 minutes at a time before needing a rest! On top of that we were going out straight into the wind. It took us about 25 minutes to get from the slip to the edge of the harbour area (0.6km) and only about 5 minutes to get back in. When we were both paddling together though we were moving quite easily - the canoe does seem to glide really nicely through the water.

In all the excitement I forgot to get the final weight of the canoe so will try to do that in the next few days and update here.

Any enough blabber, here's the pics. The area doesn't look that picturesque here, but we only have to go about 5km up river to get into the pretty countryside or 2km down river to our favourite beach inside the breakwater.

[gstanfield]

Congrats on the splash If you think it goes along good now you should get (or build) a pair of proper canoe paddles and then you'll really be amazed at the performance

[Aripeka Angler]

Nice work You raised the bar of excellence in canoe building several notches. Awesome job!!!

edit for spelling, I hate I-pad auto correct

[Cracker Larry]

That looks great I might have to build one of those

[Seadation]

Hello dbcrx,

VERY nice canoe. You should be very proud of that boat!

/david

[dbcrx]

I took the canoe out on my own this morning and had a lovely trip down the river. Using a different paddle that was a bit shorter and had a wider blade made a big difference so will definitely be making some new ones soon. Here's some of the scenery I got to enjoy today:

My trip - about 3km each way, took me just under an hour each way.


Our favourite beach




Portimao marina south basin


Portimao marina north basin


My ugly mug!


And this one's specially for George


Also remembere to weigh it today. It finshed up at 36kg, so a bit heavier than the plans but it is glassed in and out with 450gsm biax plus has the extra b/heads, so it's pretty solid!

[Cracker Larry]

Beautiful I love looking at pics of different places that I've never been. Is that a new castle on top of an old one? Nice digs! Great looking canoe and family. I see more boat builds in your future

[dbcrx]

Beautiful I love looking at pics of different places that I've never been. Is that a new castle on top of an old one? Nice digs! Great looking canoe and family. I see more boat builds in your future

Yep, it's days like this that makes me remember why we moved here.

The castle/fortress was rebuilt and turned into apartments. I never saw it before but from what I hear it took quite a lot of work!