morris thwarts

[steve morang]

I have a 1916 morris type 3 with short curved decks and fir gunwales. I am looking for the length of the bow and stern thwarts. I do have the center thwart. And never having steamed gunwales any tips. Do I need to bend both sides of one end of the canoe together or can I bend one side of one end at a time. One side has a somewhat complete gunwale the other side is gone except for a 3 foot section on the bow. Could I possibly bend both gunwales on one side and flip one over? Maybe that's a little unorthodox. Thanks.

 

[samb]

Can't help with thwart sizes, but for bending gunnels - especially outwhales, try steaming them in a plastic tube. I describe it here and others have described it on this site on many occasions.
Good luck
Sam

 

[MGC]

I have a 1916 morris type 3 with short curved decks and fir gunwales. I am looking for the length of the bow and stern thwarts. I do have the center thwart.

Steve, what is the length of your boat? WRT flipping, the rails are not symmetrical.

 

[Scott Rowe]

my ca 1915 17 foot Morris has thwarts bow and stern of about 28 1/4 to 28 1/2 inches. measured while in the boat so hard to get exact measurement.

 

[steve morang]

I have a 1916 morris type 3 with short curved decks and fir gunwales. I am looking for the length of the bow and stern thwarts. I do have the center thwart. And never having steamed gunwales any tips. Do I need to bend both sides of one end of the canoe together or can I bend one side of one end at a time. One side has a somewhat complete gunwale the other side is gone except for a 3 foot section on the bow. Could I possibly bend both gunwales on one side and flip one over? Maybe that's a little unorthodox. Thanks.

 

[steve morang]

Correction on the morris gunwales. They are spruce not fir.