Coracle
I have been working on the coracle this morning.
It is a lovely sunny day, but still a bit cold.
After lashing the woven willow gunwales to streangthen them I pulled the corale from the ground.
I went round it easing each Hazel pole out of the ground at a time.
I was a little worried that the whole thing would spring out of shape when it did not have the support from the ground.
It turned out OK and I feel that I had not put enough faith in the strength of the woven willow.
Once out of the ground and turned over it realy began t look like a boat!
I lashed some Ash poes accross as a seat and tied some tensioning rope accross to help hold the shape.
Once the canvas is on I will remove them.
I have come back for lunch and to post some photos.
It is a lovely sunny day, but still a bit cold.
After lashing the woven willow gunwales to streangthen them I pulled the corale from the ground.
I went round it easing each Hazel pole out of the ground at a time.
I was a little worried that the whole thing would spring out of shape when it did not have the support from the ground.
It turned out OK and I feel that I had not put enough faith in the strength of the woven willow.
Once out of the ground and turned over it realy began t look like a boat!
I lashed some Ash poes accross as a seat and tied some tensioning rope accross to help hold the shape.
Once the canvas is on I will remove them.
I have come back for lunch and to post some photos.
posted by Sam | 5:37 AM
1 Comments:
I am SO jealous, do you remember the coracle we made? It was the same sort of principle but didn't we make it out off hedge trimmings and a plastic sheet? Can't wait to see it finished.
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