Winter of 2020 wasn’t very nice on the old square back canoe. The snow had all but destroyed it and it was unusable during the summer scouting trip. It was loaded up and transported home were it got a total face lift during spring 2021.
After some serious grinding there were well over 30 holes of varying sizes in the hull but I was happy with what I had to work with and pushed on. I had left over resin and Dave had cloth so the repair cost very little to accomplish.
There are 3 keel’s on this canoe all of which had holes in them so I decided to fill them with 2 part fibreglass foam, this sealed the holes and provided ridgidity to the hull.
With the keels filled I then Fibetglased the inside of the canoe sealing off any remaining holes followed by the exterior finish of polyfair to smooth it out and a fresh paint job.
The old square back canoe was now ready for the pilgrimage to hunters mountain this summer.