Ambrose Canoe Company LLC

Shorelines

December 22, 2012

On the cover and feature article in the latest issue of Shorelines, produced by Alabama Power for the residents of their local lakes. I haven’t seen it yet so I hope it’s good!

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It’s amazing what another pair of hands does for production! Barry, a friend who lives down near the lake and mistakenly admitted to having some free time, helped out last weekend. We canvassed another canoe and filled three. The process of applying filler is a messy arm workout with each canoe requiring three coats all […]

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Thompson Canvas

November 19, 2012

The floor trim is in and the new canvas on!

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I Found a Stripper!

November 16, 2012

A local friend who builds and restores church pews is stripping a boat for me…. Oh come on, what did you think I meant?! 😉 He has the right equipment, the right chemicals, and can do the job far more efficiently and safely than I can so I took him a boat to try. I’m […]

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Neighbors

November 12, 2012

One of the advantages to spending your weekends in a hangar is you never know who or what might show up next door. Now where in the hell did put my license and log book?

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Conventional

November 12, 2012

I still know how to use a square! Custom gate out of cypress for a friend.

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Catching Up

October 27, 2012

Lots of time in the new shop lately but I’ve been slacking in the update department. Here’s a recap: Planking patches on a Old Town 50#. Second coat of Epifanes Rapidcoat tinted varnish to start rebuilding the interior finish on a Thompson. The stain helps blend in the new ribs. Splicing new stem tips on […]

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Organization

September 3, 2012

While I have plenty of floor space it seemed a waste to just spread boats out on the floor. Too bad I can’t reach higher! Rack ’em and stack ’em! The old Morris finally got her new canvas. I had to refigure the stretching rig but once I got the pull angles right it went […]

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General Update

July 25, 2012

I apologize for the lack of online activity around here lately. Life has conspired, as it often does, to get in the way both planned and unplanned. With vacation, WCHA Assembly, and various other events behind us I can concentrate on the boats again! The big news is that space is no longer the problem […]

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Innovation

July 2, 2012

Two facts: 1. Canoes and pack baskets go together like peas and carrots. 2. Canoes can be thirsty buggers and have been known to resort to trickery in their efforts to relieve their masters of an adult beverage or two. The solution has been right in front of us:

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