Waldie Woodworks

Waldie Woodworks Jim Waldie is a woodworker specializing in the hand construction and preservation of wooden watercraft. Based in beautiful Merrickville, Ontario.

Progress on the Seamaid.
11/27/2025

Progress on the Seamaid.

Great visit today to the Canadian Canoe Museum in Peterborough on what would have been Gordon Lightfoot’s 86th birthday....
11/17/2025

Great visit today to the Canadian Canoe Museum in Peterborough on what would have been Gordon Lightfoot’s 86th birthday. His orange canoe is in the second photo above Farley Mowat’s!
Thanks Jeremy and Mike for the guided tours and fascinating stories about the design, building and stocking of this beautiful museum.

Tulips have taken over the shop this week as the snow falls outside. One of them was designed and sculpted by a Merrickv...
11/11/2025

Tulips have taken over the shop this week as the snow falls outside. One of them was designed and sculpted by a Merrickville artist for the Ottawa Tulip Festival in 2002. Both are getting some repairs and new paint.

Imagine two workers at the Century Boat Company in Manistee Michigan in October 1953. They are building a brand new Cent...
10/11/2025

Imagine two workers at the Century Boat Company in Manistee Michigan in October 1953. They are building a brand new Century Seamaid 18. One says to the other, “do you think that some guy born this month is going to have to re tighten all of these screws in 72 years from now?”

Great day for a wooden boat picnic!
09/01/2025

Great day for a wooden boat picnic!

The engine is out of the Seamaid and the real work can begin!
08/30/2025

The engine is out of the Seamaid and the real work can begin!

Winter project 2026/2026. The last Century Seamaid 18 built in 1953. A very good year!
08/27/2025

Winter project 2026/2026. The last Century Seamaid 18 built in 1953. A very good year!

We had back in the shop for more name painting. Jesper came up with a beautiful solution to making “Irene” stand out on...
04/01/2025

We had back in the shop for more name painting. Jesper came up with a beautiful solution to making “Irene” stand out on our Coronado transom among the graphic and chrome already there!

The shop is pretty much back to normal. 1957 Century Resorter ongoing restoration, 1956 Century Coronado getting spring ...
03/17/2025

The shop is pretty much back to normal. 1957 Century Resorter ongoing restoration, 1956 Century Coronado getting spring clean up and preparation for name painting on her transom, 1971 Giesler, refinishing over winter complete. 1958 Peterborough also being prepped for name painting. New build Glen-L Sq**rt ready for final planing to accept hull planking.

It sure is clean in the shop today after our weeklong workshop with Camp Outlook. Kinda miss the excitement of those bus...
03/15/2025

It sure is clean in the shop today after our weeklong workshop with Camp Outlook. Kinda miss the excitement of those busy Campers though!

Another workshop with Campers from Camp Outlook finish, signed and sealed!
03/14/2025

Another workshop with Campers from Camp Outlook finish, signed and sealed!

Day 3 of our workshop with Camp Outlook. Campers have chosen to name the canoes “Thing one” and “Thing two” the second c...
03/12/2025

Day 3 of our workshop with Camp Outlook. Campers have chosen to name the canoes “Thing one” and “Thing two” the second coat of red paint was applied today along with the start of the graphics. Progress continues with the re finishing of paddles and the start of some folk art to be taken home at the end of the week.

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