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I paddle a lot of big, open water such as the lower Columbia River and some of the large lakes in Oregon and Washington and have always coveted a decked canoe such as a Kruger Sea Wind. Those, however, are ridiculously expensive, so I decided to build my own. Two summers ago I built my first...

Having built a solo hull that I'm generally quite pleased with, I'm planning to make another with some modifications. I want to build a solo decked canoe for rough open water (not white water). The only problem with the design of the hull that I'd like to modify is that it can be a handful in...

This summer I completed my first canoe build from scratch. As a recent member to the forum and a proud boat-papa I have to share my build process. This will be a bit of a dump as I have already completed the build. I’m no one's idea of a precise or finicky wood worker so I quickly latched...

Hi all, I paddle out of Portland, OR; a mix of lakes and rivers, small and large, anything from class II down. My favorite is large water, especially the mighty Columbia river through the Gorge. I've done some trips on the Willamette and canoe camped on some of our large and lovely wilderness...