preliminary scale sketches are done. right now, final length will be 8'9'', beam will be 2', depth will be 1'9''. the beam and depth are comparable to a normal canoe, but the length is significantly shorter.
just for the sake of comparison, behind webster is not only our log (shortly to be canoe), but i also have my old grumman aluminum canoe. i measured it today and it is 14' long, 3' wide, and 14'' deep. some of the features of our canoe will be based off the old grumman. the biggest question we have now is, "should we put a keel on it?"
the advantage of a keel is that it can make a flat-bottomed boat, like ours (preliminary design at least) have some of the properties of a boat with more curve to its hull. the downside is that keels are relatively fragile compared to the rest of the hull, and it would be a huge pain to put on on our canoe. as we finalize our design we'll make a decision about a keel.
my scanner doesn't work, but once i find one that does, i'll post our preliminary sketches. hopefully we'll be able to start shaping the hull this weekend.
also in the forecast is a lesson on tool care, notably sharpening with mr. dicarlo. all our tools have an edge, but are far from a finely honed edge that would be remotely useful in carving wood.
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