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Curious about Wooden Canoes
All:
I'm new to the forum. I have completed the building of a form for a 15.5 foot canoe, installed the stems and inwales. I'm searching for rib stock and thinking ahead about producing the ribs. I understand the concept of placing a taper on the trailing edge of the ribs to reduce the "optics" of the rib cant....but I'm unsure how to deal with the center rib.
How is this typically handled? Taper or no taper?
Thanks in advance for the help....
I'm new to the forum. I have completed the building of a form for a 15.5 foot canoe, installed the stems and inwales. I'm searching for rib stock and thinking ahead about producing the ribs. I understand the concept of placing a taper on the trailing edge of the ribs to reduce the "optics" of the rib cant....but I'm unsure how to deal with the center rib.
How is this typically handled? Taper or no taper?
Thanks in advance for the help....