I've been meaning to build a cedar strip canoe for years and will. In the meantime I have an older glass canoe with aluminum gunwales I use for therapy. The gunwales are not a flowing arc but instead have 4 distinct bends in the lines of which one has been bumped and misshaped. I'm going to replace the aluminum gunwales with walnut ones. I'd prefer to go back with a smooth flowing arc on the gunwales but wonder if that will affect the hull of the canoe. It would be no problem to bend the gunwale to the original shape though. Anyone have any ideas? The existing bends are at the thwarts.


ive also been looking at ideas for doing this and there's not much on the net. I'm assuming it'll be cut strips to size, scarf, cut a dado for the glass, route to shape, screw inner and outer gunwales on to the hull, fit new decks and finish. I'm i missing anything other than seats and thwarts?

Thanks