Just completed my Apache 16

[bbdave]

It's been 6 years since I last paddled and have since moved to Devon and gotten married so the time came to get another canoe.
Permission was granted at Christmas for me to order one so I rang Stu and ordered a bare hull and have spent the last week fitting it out in total it has cost me around £380 which I think is a bargin.
I'm no carpenter so their are a few gaps etc. but they will allow water out and air to circulate.
i am now ready to explore the estuary catch some fish and do some cooking.

Before oiling

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Oiled up up kneeling mat in ready to go

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Dave

 

[Harvestman]

Lovely piece of kit. Enjoy.

 

[crosslandkelly]

That looks really good.

 

[Trencakey]

Good job

 

[Fraxinus]

Nicely done Dave, Stu makes nice hulls for people to put their own mark on. Like the kneeling thwart design I reckon you will put it on hangers at some point.
Any chance of a close up of the decks? i might be able to let you know what the skip wood is (I am leaning towards it being walnut by the colour)

Rob.

 

[andibs]

Enjoy. I love my Apache

Andy

 

[bbdave]

I haven't paddled this yet but the thwart seems ok hight wise I can get my size11s under it easily so no entrapment issues but I'll see how it goes.

i had one of Stu's first canoes and loved it happily did grade2 and played in the surf.

I'll take a pic of the wood that doesn't show my poor woodwork it does look nice oiled though

Dave

 

[sgtoutback]

very nice, was it a long complicated job? or fairly straight forward

 

[TallTom]

That's nice, no painters?
I didn't know you could order just a hull. I may have to do that.

 

[Wayne]

Proper job well done. I like your end caps and the kneeling thawt. Nice shade of green too. The Apache paddles well i'm sure you will have many happy days on the water.

 

[bbdave]

very nice, was it a long complicated job? or fairly straight forward

Not really it can be done more simply if you don't make scuppered inwales but basically I cut the ash to size then screwed it on I bought the hull back on a Sunday and it was ready to go a week later I did around 3hrs an evening. I have got some step by step pictures if your interested.

dave

 

[Mesquite]

Very nice work, looking forward to seeing pics of the maiden voyage

 

[John Fenna]

That looks like a very nice boat and a ticket to new adventures!

 

[Baldy-Old-Troll]

Enjoy, my Apache is the most responsive canoe I've ever paddled, a dream to paddle in any conditions.

 

[Tony]

Nice job, you're going to love being in that after all the work that went into it

 

[bbdave]

Thanks guys it's the first one Stu has done this shade of green I wanted to be visible on the estuary. I am really wanting to get out and about this year and learn some skills hopefully I've not forgotten how to paddle.

Here's the deck wood any ideas what it is?

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Dave

 

[Fraxinus]

Brown oak. Grain and colour is the clue, colour results from a fungal attack in the growing tree. So my first suspicions were incorrect.
Nice detail around the painter hole, simple and easy on the rope.

Rob.

 

[grumit]

That is fabulous was going to do one but got a hou 14 from bournemouth canoes instead as they were doing 15% off so add to that no vat and was good deal saved it gets here on the ferry tomorrow so hope to fetch it Friday

 

[Clouston98]

Cracking stuff mate!

 

[Kerne]

Beautiful bit of work. I bet you can't wait to get i ton the water.