Congrats Alan. looks great, thank you for sharing
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DIY composite canoe with foam core
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Alan, I lost track of the end of this thread. This canoe was a nice project for the site and an even better gift for your young friends. I'm curious as to why you used a trailer and how long a trip that was to Minneapolis (?) for you.
Minneapolis isn't very far, just under 3 hours.
I used a trailer because I had one and because I don't have racks on my car. It's just an old boat trailer. I screwed down a plywood floor and added the uprights to haul canoes. The little 4 cylinder Corolla had no problem pulling two canoes on the trailer.
One time I used it to pull a tandem to northern Minnesota for a short canoe trip with a boy I mentor. We stopped to grab a bite to eat and sat under the canoe to eat as it was the only shade in the very hot parking lot.
20200820_043 by Alan, on FlickrAlan
Hey Alan.
Sorry for raising an older thread but I am hoping to complete a somewhat similar build, although my layup schedule is maybe a little too recklessly light.
I'm using a non sacrificial 16' slim prospector with a molded keel as the male plug and hoping to get away with 4oz s-glass, 5.8oz twill carbon, and 4oz s-glass, one yoke, no thwarts, two seats or kneeling thwarts, and inner only gunnels carboned or glassed in as wood or foam. No vacuum bag, no ribs or cores, no floats and maybe no additional stiffening material (maybe a dose of carbon here and there if necessary)--just three hand laid layers in a sole epoxy then follow up fill and finish. The goal is to keep is as light as possible and just barely passable as a canoe, flatwater only. Higher priority is light light weight and determining if I want to build on the experience and jump into a more involved build.
Based on your experience (leaving my 1/2 gunnel idea out of it) do you think the material schedule is maybe passable?--or will it be an expensive wet noodle?
Thanks!
Sorry for raising an older thread but I am hoping to complete a somewhat similar build, although my layup schedule is maybe a little too recklessly light.
I'm using a non sacrificial 16' slim prospector with a molded keel as the male plug and hoping to get away with 4oz s-glass, 5.8oz twill carbon, and 4oz s-glass, one yoke, no thwarts, two seats or kneeling thwarts, and inner only gunnels carboned or glassed in as wood or foam. No vacuum bag, no ribs or cores, no floats and maybe no additional stiffening material (maybe a dose of carbon here and there if necessary)--just three hand laid layers in a sole epoxy then follow up fill and finish. The goal is to keep is as light as possible and just barely passable as a canoe, flatwater only. Higher priority is light light weight and determining if I want to build on the experience and jump into a more involved build.
Based on your experience (leaving my 1/2 gunnel idea out of it) do you think the material schedule is maybe passable?--or will it be an expensive wet noodle?
Thanks!
