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Patricia Ross does a terrific job varnishing
the boats with her dry technique. She has worked previously for one of Muskoka's
finest builders and started her own business and her work speaks for
itself. Patricia employs hand brushed finishes to preserve the look and
feel of fine heritage boats. Her climate controlled shop is spotless, and
is well suited to refinishing over the winter.
A true pro.
She has a wealth of knowledge
and practical skill and will refinish canoes, kayaks as well as Launches,
utilities and gentleman's racers. I was particularly impressed with the
amazing work she did in refinishing a 1875 rowing skiff that had oil and
paint in the bottom. - Port Carling Boats
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It began as a father-son
project, but 17 years later, the 11- foot Glen-L runabout still wasn’t
completed. That’s when owner Ken Auden decided to hand it over to a
professional. “It turned out that we really weren’t that good at working
with wood,” Auden said with a laugh. Patricia Ross harboured the TNT in
her Bracebridge workshop over the winter. She finished building the boat,
adding a pale ash trim to complement the dark mahogany body. Ross also
updated the design to suit the now-older occupants. “It’s supposed to be
like a knee banger,” she said, explaining that she installed a cockpit
bench seat in place of the usual knee cushion for a smoother ride.
According to Auden, “She took it from looking like a hunk of junk to
looking like a really nice boat.” Ross is also refinishing the SeaBear, a
20-foot mahogany SeaBird Swan built in 1955 by Port Carling Boat Works. A
familiar sight on the water near Port Carling, SeaBear “goes to all the
shows,” Ross said.
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Our tired old cedar strip rowboat
is now a thing of beauty as she glides along the shores of Lake
Couchiching. Thanks to the skills and care Patricia Ross took in a total
restoration project over the winter of 2006-7.
- William & Dale Clarke,
Hopkins Bay, Lake Couchiching
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