How to replace a open canoe gunwale

Team member Grant headed over to our Hōu Canoes Experience venue Beyond Adventure in Scotland to show us how to replace a damaged guwale.
If you need to replace your gunwale get in touch through houcanoes.com and we'll help you out.

[@kazbegoodwin9695]

Wow this is brilliant where can I buy the gunnel strips I have been searching the internet for over a year...

[@robtaylor2443]

This is only one sight you could try www.houcanoes.com/gunwale.html

[@jif.6821]

If you're in the USA this is the manufacturer I bought mine from: tacomarine.com/rub-rail-rigid-vinyl-v21-9140

[@sambarnes6664]

Do you sell them? Can't see them on your website. I need a pair for my prospector

[@hsktang]

Thank you for the great DIY video. When you drill the rivet holes on the new gunwale, do you line it up with the existing holes on the canoe? Or, it should be avoid using the existing holes?

[@bs_life_experience]

We tend to just drill new holes as it's much easier than trying to locate the old ones, often the old holes aren't useable anyway.

[@adamtreinen8056]

What size rivets?

[@bs_life_experience]

They are a specialist type of rivet, not standard, www.houcanoes.com/rivets.html

[@Emailoadresstevez]

This is great! I have to swap some gunwales this spring on a similar type of TPE canoe and have been wondering about best approach. I noticed your not concerned about using existing holes in canoe to mount gunwales...drilling more holes won’t impact canoe integrity?

[@bs_life_experience]

Hi, thanks for you feedback, the new holes will make such a little amount of impact we're never too concerned, they're also under the gunwales so it's a pretty strong under there