Crazy Trout Craft (CTC)

The gunnels are cedar… the green white oak is used for the ribs… they get steamed and bent and the green wood really makes this much...

Thank you… seat is very versatile… Peter Hornbeck and his crew had a great design…the maple leaf is in memory of my father… a true...

Good looking boat, with nods to Hornbeck on the seat design and Swift with that maple leaf!

Looks great, nice and light too!

One skin layer of the nylon

I was too as of last spring… Cape Falcon Kayak has many videos if you wish to go down that rabbit hole. The skin is a ballistic nylon...

Thank you.. it’s the spruce green acid dye. They are very fun to build…and quick… I am impressed at how quiet they are. Reminds me of...

The oldest one is probably Wilbur Wright as shown below examining a Rushton canoe attached to the airplane before his first flight over...

This canoe is 13’8” and weighs in at 25.5 pounds. Material cost was around 550$. The hardest part was finding green white oak and...

And you can remove and nest a smaller canoe inside for easier transport

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I love skin-on-frames. It looks like you've established your rib lengths by some system, how did you establish lengths?

Hey MKH- Good to hear from you … still hope to see you on the NFCT. Rib lengths are measured from the beam at each rib location and...

In case anyone has any interest. Here are some photos of my SOF builds from this summer season