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FYI - a cool story on the Canadian Canoe Museum’s move to a new home. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/canadian-canoe-museum-move-1.6926416

Seen a few videos on this, and intuitively it seems it should work without needing a tonne of jigs and clamps (or at least have no more challenges than other approaches). For example: (it’s a long video, but the fishing line application starts at about the 3 minute point). Do any builders...

After finishing a tandem tripper last year I had some paint and most of a canoe’s worth of strips left over so I decided to use them up on a pack canoe build (Ashes Solo Pack, extended to 14 feet). Very straightforward, stemless design with 3/16 strips and 4 ounce s-glass. I didn’t really take...

So at the varnish stage on a 14 foot pack canoe I am finishing up (again). I actually thought I had this boat done last fall but had to do some major deconstruction and reconstruction (will post something on the whole, very sordid, story later). I am using Helmsman spar urathane, and just put...

Don’t suppose anyone here has actually tried this, or paddled one? https://www.songofthepaddle.co.uk/flyply-my-lockdown-torture-t58748.html

Check out this link - who wants to go first on a see-through cedar strip build? https://www.cbc.ca/radio/quirks/scientists-develop-transparent-wood-that-is-stronger-and-lighter-than-glass-1.5902739

This would be of most interest to anyone thinking about building a fuselage frame style skin on frame canoe or other paddle craft, but I think there might be some general utility for anyone either building or repairing other styles of boats as well. It’s a pretty crude approach to stress...

So this canoe came up locally. It’s a 16 foot prospector, and the seller notes that it needs new outwales and repair of a tear in the canvas. Based on the photos the rest looks to be in decent shape. Replacing the outwales seems pretty easy, and I think I can muddle my way through either...

So getting my ducks lined up for my next (second) build which will be a cedar strip tandem tripping canoe (medium duty). Haven't finalized what plans I will use yet, but it will be a 16.5 to 17 footer. Planning to use 3/16 strips, with 6 ounce s-glass in and out, and 4 ounce s-glass exterior...

The title gives fair warning. This is not a canoe build but rather a (gasp) kayak, and a skin on frame one to boot! As usual it was a long winter, too cold to put the finishing touches on my cedar stripper now hanging in the garage. But I have a toasty, unfinished basement where I could work...

Hi - after three weeks of mangling several pieces of perfectly good cedar and about half of a 5x18 board of ash, I finally have a serviceable set of one-piece ash gunnels ready to install on my canoe (wanted cedar for its lighter weight but finally bit the bullet on ash, which will cost me over...

So just finished laying up the inside football on my cedar strip canoe - main inside layer yet to come. It's my first build, and I filled the staple holes in the outside before glassing, as (despite everything I read) I thought I could camouflage them a bit. While I now have sort of beige staple...

Hi all. New to this forum and also new to canoe building. Been a lot of fun so far - started this in mid July with a handful of 16 foot decking boards from Home Depot and just finished glassing the outside and flipped it today to start on the interior. It is a 15 foot Ashes Solo Day, with 3/16...