Canoe Guy BC: How to Repair Loose Stem-Bands in a Wood-Canvas Canoe

by Mike Elliott, Kettle River Canoes

email: artisan@ canoeshop.ca

Wood-canvas canoes are works of art. However, in Canada, they are also working boats.  They help their owners navigate large, rapid rivers on a regular basis.  In the course of these journeys, the stem-bands will knock against rocks.  After a while, the canoe will begin to leak as water seeps in through the screw-holes.  I restored a canoe for a client a few years ago and now he brought it back to t...