Building a stitched lapstrake canoe - Installing thwart and seats

September 10, 2007
Installing thwart and seats

Today I installed the thwart and seats. When I bought the seat hanging hardware, I remembered that the picture of the parts kit that you can buy in a marine supply store showed plastic bolt covers, so I found some of those in addition to all the bronze hardware at my local ACE hardware store. It's a nice finishing touch.

The weather is too gray and it is raining so I will not be able to put her in the water for another few days, but I can sit in her and imagine!


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HOME	1. laying out the planks	2. cutting planks	3. gluing planks	4. rabbeting edges	5. stitching seams	6. shaping hull	7. filleting stems	8. gluing seams
	9. removing stitches	10. filling holes	11. gluing inwhales	12. gluing outwhales	13. glassing outside	14. glassing inside	15. glassing keel	16. decks and seat mounts
	17. installing seats	18. epoxy coat	19. sanding	20. varnishing	21. finishing up	22. launching	storage	BILL OF MATERIALS
	This canoe was built from plans in the book "The Canoe Shop"