The Rob Roy as built by
Larry "Rehd" Brown, Fresno, Calif

9. This shows the center seam stitched loosely and also the side/bottom seams wired. 11/7

10. Frame parts where I made a pine/ply sandwich, glueing with epoxy resin glue. Also shown are my Pony, 2" spring clamps and small-batch resin mixing set-up. 11/8

11. Frame "sandwich" glued up and clamped. 11/8

12. Frame wired in place, temporarily to get measurements and mark for glueing. You can see glass joints (double layers). 11/9

13. Tightening wires to bring boat into shape. 11/9 or 10

14. Canoe starting to take shape, sitting on 2" square boards so that I can get to underside and twist wires and tighten up boat. 11/9 or 10

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