Light-colored ash outer gunwales contrast nicely with the warm-hued inner rails to define the canoe’s lines. Photo: Conor Mihell ...

Then I located a 19' long piece of ash clear enough to get four gunwales out of it and sawed and planed them to size.

Family Vacations, Summer 1996 Gunwale Up With a canoe as your Sherpa, camping gets a five-star rating By David Dunbar Our Favorite Places | Inside Skinny | Staying Safe | Essential Gear When Kai ...

The Mando racing canoe was built by the Peterborough Canoe Co. in Ontario, Canada. It's constructed of cedar ribs, ash gunwales and painted canvas to keep it watertight.

In gunwale (pronounced “gunnel”) bobbing, a canoeist stands on the sides of the canoe – the gunwales – near the rear of the craft and jumps up and down, moving it forward by surfing the waves produced ...