As represented, a canoe such as this one is likely to be on the heavy side to be carried by an average person on his / her own, so I have decided to include a carrying handle on each side in situations where two people would move the canoe.: quite often, the people carrying the canoe use the deck to hold it and that is what I did on my wood strip canoe. Anyways, it adds another element to the overall look. These "handles" can also serve as thwarts to stiffen the hull: although, considering the size of the decks and other features, this cane would hardly need any stiffening.
So here is one of the "handles", carved in a combination of cherry and pear wood.
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The inside of the canoe has been varnished (2 coats) up to but not including the inner gunwale. I am debating whether to apply another coat so permanent installation of the seat will wait.
I still need to make the yoke and maybe a thwart (as the subject came up in another thread a while back).
G.