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Go for it Jim! This boat design is free. link 1, link 2 and link 3 are the only plans you need. Hope you are happy with millimetres! Here is the 14' version and I think you can find the 16' on https://flo-mo.weebly.com/ Sam

Thanks Jim It's made from an 8x4 sheet of 3mm marine ply. (British Standard 1088 guarantees no voids and continuous waterproof glue - any voids in the ply would certainly result in damage when bending started) No need to steam anything, but some people pour on boiling water as they bend it up...

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 shape of plywood to a canoe is amazing. I still can't get my head round it.

My favourite is usually the one I'm paddling at the time: The Fire is newest to me at present so that is getting more than its share of outings and the Rushton is a fast hull, especially when tandem, although if the wind is not as forecast and I'm paddling either of these I wish I was paddling...

I've been a memberr of WCHA for about 12 years. I've known Nick and paddled with him for about the same time. We live about an hour apart so paddle fairly often. With the paddles, I made two of them and two others were picked up with broken shafts which I repaired; you can see the top of the...

Greetings from the UK. I’m a retired teacher and have been paddling around 25 years now. I live in Norwich UK which is on the edge of the Norfolk Broads National park. Apart from paddling I spend most of my time repairing older wooden canoes. These are few and far between in the UK but I do...

Certainly not the UK! I paddle usually once a week in the Norfolk Broads, one of Englands largest areas of water and I occasionally see kayaks but rarely canoes. In Englands other area of water - the Lake District - I see more, but not many. Sam