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Hi Vicki, I used the book Building Skin-on-Frame Boats by Robert Morris and a description from WoodenBoat 205 magazine, article The Solo Carry, which I paid a few dollars to download. The boat handles nicely (it is based on a Snowshoe 14) but it not as fast as my stripper (a 15 foot Soulmate). I...

Thanks for the welcome. The Dutch cookie you are referring to is probably a "stroopwafel". I preferred the American cookies we ate this summer!

I have built a 15 foot solo stripper (weight about 50 lbs) and a 14 foot solo skin-on-frame (weight about 19 lbs). Making a skin-on-frame takes far less time than a cedarstrip boat and costs far less in materials. Valerie

Hi, I found this site because I got some hits on my own website from this site! Have been tripping for many years of which twice in the US, back in 1990 on the Green River in Utah and this summer on the NFCT. We are thinking of maybe paddling the Noatak next summer with some German friends so I...