Another long pause between posts, but progress has continued.  I am up to 13 replaced ribs. I have 3 more cut from the 4 white cedar boards we bought so long ago.  There are a few more that could use replacing, but they are not mis-shapen, so perhaps I'll leave them.  We'll see...

Note the straps.  The tops of a few ribs separated from the inner gunwale when I was working on others.  I added the straps to keep them all in place until I get to putting on the outer gunwale.  Seems to be working.

Also went out to the Cape a couple of weeks ago and Dave and I cut some planking from an 8' Western Red Cedar board on his fancy macines.  We got 3 4" wide 8' long planks - 24' should be more than enough.  The board was quite expensive as it was quarter sawn.  After the fact, we realized that Dave has lots of left over cedar siding from his house - yep, it is western red cedar and we could have cut and planed it down to planking thickness.  Oh well - next project!

I purchased a couple of 2.5x2.5x12" ash boards from Woodcraft to create shapes to repair the stems and decks.  I cut a few pieces out on Dave's band saw when we were working the planking.  Still a bit of figuring to do to figure out how I want to do the repairs.

I think it is about time to figure costs again - here is a summary of reciepts since last year:

Katz                       pcv pipe (steamer try 1)                        19.00
Isl Falls Canoe     1/4 lb tacks                                               11.00
Home Depot         boards + styro for steamer try 2         22.00
Home Depot         boards for steamer try 3                       23.00
Katz                       hardware for steamer                              6.00
Katz                       2 clamps and hardware for steamer   14.00
Isl Falls Canoe     1/2 lb tacks + 1 diamond bolt                30.00
WoodCraft            2 ash 2.5x2.5x12 boards for stems      13.00
Parkerville Lumber     west red cedar                               68.00
Isl Falls Canoe      2 ash gunwales + keel                          189.00
Home Depot          lashing straps - 4                                     17.00

2nd total                                                                                 412.00

(2014 Expenditures)
Katz                        stripping supplies                                    40.00
Katz                        stripping supplies                                    60.00
Parkerville Limber  4 white cedar boards                       140.00

1st total                                                                                    240.00