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Thanks Jim It's made from an 8x4 sheet of 3mm marine ply. (British Standard 1088 guarantees no voids and continuous waterproof glue -...

I'm getting more excited, even though I'm in the process, of building two canoes. How do I go about purchasing plans ? Jim

Looks great samb ! So could you share more details as to the construction ? Did you need to steam the hull ? And How ? How wide was...

I built the 12 foot one sheet version. It's too low volume for me but will suit my grandson in a few years. Bringing it from a flat...

I've seen this before, and wondered, if anyone has attempted to build a Tortured hull ? I have a couple sheets of 3mil Okume. I may...

Like you I've never felt the need for a table and I'm also a minimalist chef. Food prep amounts to counting handfuls of ingredients...

OMG! ;)

Since you're looking for a strategy I'll just mention that if you're cute and enthusiastic you don't need to do a darn thing other than...

I bit the bullet, and purchased two BV500 Bear Vaults. A tricky lock feature, easy, once you learn the trick. I really like, as It...

Start with a Kevlar copy of your favorite canoe. See my last build thread . 🥹 Then take a few College boys, and one College girl ...

I kept trying to marry a man who would take the extra load and heavy canoe. ;) But no luck. I can see I’m out of luck with this bunch...

The Little Egret canoe, already has rather large flotation chambers, and the paddler, has a good life jacket, that keeps him high above...

The Boston Chapter of the Appalachian Mountain Club (AMC) was famous for decades for lashing two 6'x2" planks of ethafoam under the...

Another vote for Gorilla Wood Glue. It dries hard and sands well. I could even break off the dried beads of glue on the inside hull with...