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That is true, and I stand corrected, but now I have seen the ugliest canoe. Thanks

It's probably just me, but those Swift canoes are about the ugliest things I've seen. I know they can still make regular solid colors...

This is a great idea. The narrower hull will make it a much better solo canoe. Increasing your station spacing to roughly 12-1/2" brings...

Good luck with that Gamma, I've luckily never had that happen. I have had good luck using a heat gun to twist strips into shape near the...

The NWC Merlin is a hard tracking boat. I gave away the one I made, but have paddled it on a number of occasions in flat and moving...

Gamma, one other tip on using these plans. You'll notice that the keel line on the stem forms does not meet up with the keel line on...

Good choice. I built a slightly shortened version of that Merlin. It is a fast boat and tracks really well. Watch out when crossing eddy...

As Rubbaboo said above, there are many possible routes that start in the Missinipe area. There are lake loops north of Missinipe...

This might be helpful to some of you who do paddle trips or camp on crown land in Ontario. A few years ago they changed how you buy...

Of course there are a number of portages on this route around rapids and falls. In addition, there are swifts and minor class 1's...

Last May I paddled from the put in at Smye Lake and travelled downstream on the Flindt River, but I had no clue about the 2023 fire...

As you probably know, the apparent issue is with heating/cooling causing differential expansion of the gunwales vs the royalex. I don't...

Nancy, the Canoecraft book has plans for the Bobs Special. If you don't have that book, there is probably a snapshot of the page online...