Canoe Guy BC: How to Repair Rotted Rib Tops in Wood-Canvas Canoes

by Mike Elliott, Kettle River Canoes email: artisan@ canoeshop.ca

While repairing your wood-canvas canoe, you may come across some ribs that are perfectly good except for a small portion attached to the inwale.  Rather than replacing the ribs, it is possible to repair the rib tops.

First of all, you need access to a substantial portion of the damaged ribs in order to do the repair.  Remove the planking along the sheer line to expose all of the damaged rib tops.  Iden...