| Made a few alterations to the Charldonjes over the winter. This is
the way I intended her to look before I launched but I became impatient
and put her in the river early. (Like I'm the first one to ever do
that...) Forgoing the red bottom was my son's idea and I have to agree,
she looks better this way. The decks are 1/4 inch Luan, with about 7 or 8
coats of thinned varnish. The boat name and the medallion are transparency
transfers. The decks were more of a way to gain experience in bending Luan
in preparation for the next boat: A kayak with a true curved bottom using
"darts" in the panels that will allow the Luan to take a true curve around
stationary forms. Wish me luck. So far have only been out a couple of
hours at the time. Looking forward to my first day-long, downriver trip in
a couple of weeks.
Herschel Finch
finch@arceng.com
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