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There was a fella on Myccr about 20 years ago, think his name was Richard Culpepper, apparently a lawyer in Thunder Bay. Anyway, he was...

Glad it worked out! Not to be that guy, but is there a trip report, lol.

I bet it would've looked alarming with a couple of shiny aluminum canoes on top.

When I finished restoring this canoe a few years ago I only gave it two coats of paint, it’s a tripping canoe, the second coat looked ok...

In 30 years of taking high school kids on trips, I have experienced a particular situation several times. The well to do parents want to...

No small boat builder ever seems to have enough clamps. I attended the estate auction of a long time canoe builder several years ago and...

Robert Morris' "Building Skin-on-Frame Boats" is the classic read and a good place to start. Although he is more kayak-oriented, most of...

Cedar ribs would be fragile. Birch bark canoes are traditionally ribbed with cedar, so who am I to say no? You'd have to size up their...

Just wondering, is an all cedar build a no-no, would it make everything to squirrely?

Resurrected this thread so I don't derail the other one. Found this video, that looks like a pretty good tripper to me, 15' 1" long, 29...

I'm thinking I might like to try one of these, although I have no idea how to start. Could you use an existing set of stripper forms to...

I remember the canvas over wood canoe I made in college as being one of my best all around canoes. It would track like an arrow, I...

Looks great!

Looks like fun, especially the rowing position. The last time I rowed anything was about 55 years ago at scout camp. But I do like the...

Mem's OP motivated me to see if I could directly embed a Facebook video. All I did was copy the URL from the address bar of the...