He was very willing to share both his knowledge and expertise in building cedarandcanvas canoes. Canoe plans fyne boat kits build your own fyne boat. This is part one of a photo album documenting that process. Dec 04, 2010 building a western red cedar strip canoe pt1 december 4, 2010 december 4, 2010 by vawz, posted in life, my backyard, woodwork in april of 2010 i did a flat water canoeing course with my then employer alta1 education. Next these pages follow the construction of a 17 cedar strip canoe i built over the winter of 20002001 enjoy.
It includes links to stories of using the canoe for wilderness camping and fishing. Premier canoe and sea kayak wood strip boat plans, kits and workshops. Oct 01, 2002 really good book with a lot of great information. They were bored after about 30 minutes, so we walked over to a little hut and rented a canoe. But not every strip design benefits from that feature. I first read this book in 1986 and it inspired me to build my first wood strip canoe. After supervising the construction of more than 500 during his 30 years as an outdoor resources instructor in the school system of skowhegan, maine, gil gilpatrick shares his voice of experience through easy stepbystep instructions that will successfully guide both novice and accomplished woodworkers in the building of a sturdy, readytouse strip canoe. Large selection of quality model canoe, kayak and chandelier light kits. Detailed instructions for building this type of form are given in the book, the wood and canvas canoe. This kit contains all the precut materials required to build the canoe. These are the best three books for building cedar kayaks. Peter now designs his own canoes depending on the needs, style and weight of the paddler but early on relied heavily on the canoecraft book by ted moores which is a full of designs, tables of offsets and instructon on building your own cedar strip canoe.
Canoe strips in shipping tubes 2 cedar billets before going to the. I have a copy myself and it is a very interesting read and a book that i can heartily. Building a cedar strip canoe necessitates a great deal of labor and love, including stripping the boat from scratch, building the strongback, stripping the boat, sanding, fiberglassing and adding. Gil gilpatrick has supervised the construction of more than 500 canoes in over 30 years of teaching outdoor resources in a vocational school. For obvious reasons, i didnt blog about sanding the inside of the fiberglassed hull, because its as boring to read about as it is to do.
Easy stepbystep instructions and plans to build your own strip canoe from. All kits come with the best western red cedar i can fine all knot free and vg for the strips. Canoe building materials bear mountain boat shop us shop. Feb 27, 2017 building a cedar strip canoe full montage. Canoecraft is the cedar strip canoe building bible. Jason is carefully fitting the last few cedar strips. I would not hesitate to build a canoe after reading only this book. There are two other books on stripper building that are quite good the strippers guide to canoe building by david hazen, and illustrated guide to wood strip canoe building by susan van leuven. His intensely practical book is a revision of an earlier work which was published under the same title. Jun 20, 2016 in this video i explain what you should know before you start building your first cedar strip canoe. He was looking for a plywood hard hine design similar to michael storers beth sailing canoe. The first thing i did after deciding to tackle this project was buy a few books written by people who actually know things about canoe building.
Building stripplanked boats building stripplanked boats. His designs are practical and functional and he has proven that his construction methods produce a tough, durable boat. It is also commonly known as strip building, woodstrip or cedar strip for the most common wood used in the process. There are three major stages to building a cedar strip canoe building the hull, applying the fiberglassepoxy seal, and putting on all the trim and finish work. His designs are practical and functional and he has. Gilpatrick has fieldtested countless canoes and made modifications to. These can be purchased from bear mountain, chesapeake. Building a cedar strip canoe full montage duration. Their canoe work was followed up by building a beautiful pair of laminated paddles to illustrate the paddle chapter of the book. This new edition features jason and kelly garland of norridgewock, maine as they work to complete their 18. Ive had mine for 6 or seven years and although i wouldnt build that way again, i wouldnt change the experience.
There are a few camps with respect to strip building. It was a privilege to work alongside such a skilled craftsman. Canoe plans for cedar strip construction light, elegant, simple. What to know before you build ep 1 cedar strip canoe. I have another 2 or 3 books about the history of canoeing and canoe design. Nov 15, 2007 information and advice on tools and materials is excellent. Strip canoe kits newfound woodworks inc, bristol, new.
Ive tried to provide a significant amount of detail here, especially in regard to problem areas and pivotal decisions, in hopes that the information can assist others who are considering building a canoe or similar project. This would be an excellent project to involve your teenage in. I have 4 books about building cedar strip canoes and one book devoted to wood and canvas canoes. It is impossible to build a cedar strip canoe which is not pretty, but function takes precedence in this book. We have sea kayaks, surf kayaks, performance kayaks, and recreational kayaks. He does not spend time discussing stems which are pretty but not necessary and add a lot of work to the construction, scuppered gunwales, accent strips, patterned decks, etc. John river canoe 12 comments canoes, free canoe plans, free kayak and canoe plans by bryan hansel this cedar canoe drawing is taken from edwin adney and howard chapelles the bark canoes and skin boats of north america it appears on page 79. Sometimes i like to get on the water by myself and sometimes a canoe will suit me just fine. Canoe kits full length strips precut forms easy to assemble. He takes away any feeling that wood strip canoe building is anything other than a series of small steps that result in a wonderful, and beautiful work of craftsmanship. Most of the plans that i do are designed for cedar strip building.
Strip planking is a method of building boats using narrow, thin strips of wood edgeglued together. Building a cedar strip canoe doityourself mother earth news. The newest book by kayak and canoe building authority, nick schade. Most strip kayak and strip canoe builders use beads and coves, a sort of tongueandgroove system milled into the strips, for tight fits and rapid assembly. I have seen the ripple 2x4 canoe book, but never seen one built, but i guess i just dont understand why i cant use what ever wood to do the strips. Strip built canoe by randy folsom is a fantastic book especially if you have never built a cedar strip canoe before. Cedar strip canoe rookie build cedar strip epoxy isnt the cheapest, easiest or arguably maybe not the best way to build a boat imo but they are nice when done. This is the 6th book i have read on building a strip canoe and i will be starting my build shortly and the combined information will hopefully lead to a great boat.
Bear mountain boats sells professional building plans for woodstrip canoes, kayaks, and small boats, and offers free advice and support to home boat builders. Keep one end against the nearest form and the sandpapered end against the stem, and the entire stick oriented in the same direction as the upcoming cedar strips. To select the right design for yourself, consider the primary use of the boat. The product recommendations and detailed instructions make building a boat a whole lot easier on the nerves.
Our newsletters will contain sale information, technical articles, frequently asked questions with the answers of course. Use the stick as a sanding block against the stem, doing a few inches at a time, installing cedar strips, sanding a few more inches, etc. A couple years ago i took my two oldest children to nearby hagg lake for their first fishing trip. I just finished building my first canoe and i liked the process so much that i wanted to build. His friendly voice of experience addresses the novice or accomplished woodworker in easy stepbystep directions. Canoecraft by ted moores and building a strip canoe by gil gilpatrick seemed to be the goto books among the canoe building community.
Included are precut and shaped white cedar ribs, half ribs and planking, spruce rails beveled and rabbeted as needed, prebent stems, prefinished caned seats, a clinching iron, brass tacks, bronze bolts and. This might be an exaggeration, but thats certainly how it feels. Construct this canoe as 1 a wood canvas model, 2 an allwood rushtonstyle canoe, or 3 a modern wood strip and fiberglass canoe. Building a strip canoe, second edition, revised and expanded by gil gilpatrick. Gilpatrick includes more than 100 photographs and illustrations in this 111 page guide book and touches on safety in the workshop, repairs and maintenance to your canoe, and gives you shortcuts to help you get paddling faster. Rollin thurlows northwoods canoe company constructs, repairs and restores wooden and canvas canoes, offers wood canoe building classes, cedar and plywoodstrip plans, paddle kits, books, videos, and canoe building materials. Sheathed strip boat construction is becoming increasingly popular among both amateur and professional builders. There really isnt anything better than this book, the bible of cedar strip builds. Stapleless stripping with hot glue hot glue what is hot glue. A practical account of my experiences and a brief guide to building a cedar strip canoe. These can be purchased from bear mountain, chesapeake light. Determine what the boat will be used for, a canoe for the cottage. I think this is a must have because it updates lots of the techniques found in the strip built sea kayak. All kits come standard with white ash for the deck plates, seats, thwarts and gunnels.
Building a western red cedar strip canoe pt1 no guarantees. It is a practical, easy way for inexperienced boat builders to make a wooden boat. Personally i have built 4 cedar strip canoes 3 tandem and one solo, 3 or 4 geodesic airolite solo canoes, and i have restored one old town woodcanvas canoe. A single red cedar tree trunk generally contains between 200 and 5000 board feet, depending on size as much as a hundred times that used by a typical strip canoe.
I was thinking about making my strips from regular 2x4s from home depot or lowes or what ever. Plans for building your own wooden canoe from scratch using the stitchandglue or cedar strip method. Hot glue is a thermal plastic that is heated in a hot glue gun, to become a very hot, very sticky liquid used to tack parts together. We try to email a newsletter every three to four weeks. Mar 18, 2018 one of my goals for 2018 is to build a cedar strip canoe. Other times the weather is not suitable for a canoe, too windy, too wavy or i just want to cruise the waterways a little more efficiently. He effectively explains every step of building a canoe and of course, adds his own insight which improves upon conventional construction methods. Feb 19, 2015 cedar strip canoe build youtube, this is a wee two canoe that i built from plans from laughing loon custom canoes and kayaks building a cedar strip canoe. In this book i take the reader from sketches on paper, through final drawings, lofting to find the dimensions of the kayak, building the frame, finding cedar lumber and cutting and assembling cedar strips, stripping the hull and the deck, fiberglassing and finishing.
Reading through the books for the first time was a little bit overwhelming and a. The folks that purchase our full kits range from the inexperience. If you are itching to build your own boat, pick up this book and read it cover to cover. A firsttime canoe builder with modest tool skills can build an excellent craft. I built it in my backyard with consumergrade tools, and few tasks required more hands than my own.
Whether the goal is to build a generalpurpose recreational canoe, or an efficient modern tripping canoe, or a fulldecked fastcruising canoe with walnut veneer, canoecraft is the ideal guide to making it happen successfully. Kayak, and canoe building, woodstrip tricks, hot glue. Cedarstrip canoe one of the most beautiful and desired canoes is the cedarstrip canoe. Buy it and read the whole book before you start building. The author has built more than 500 canoes in his 30 years of teaching, while serving as an allagash river master guide. Gilpatrick has written books about building outdoor furniture, paddles. Unlike most forms of boat building, a cedar strip canoe is very forgiving in its construction.
If you are a first time strip builder building stapleless, i suggest you use my hot glue method to strip. Information and advice on tools and materials is excellent. The basic package will build most of the canoes from plans available through bear mountain boat shop. At ashes we sell canoe plans for boats that are a study in simplicity. What to know before you build ep 1 cedar strip canoe build. This technique utilizes thin strips of lightweight wood encapsulated in fiberglass, and has gained a reputation as a straightforward way for builders to assembled an ultralight boat. I have read building a strip canoe 2nd edition by gil gilpatrick, which has full sized plans for 8 canoes this is also and excellent book which i would highly. Master boat builder with 31 years of experience finally releases archive of 518 illustrated, stepbystep boat plans red cedar strips are one of the larger components of the total material cost when building a cedar strip canoe. For the construction of this canoe i used the book canoecraft from ted moores. Prospector wood strip canoe build from the book canoe. Read books about cedar strip construction techniques. Gil writes in a clear and easy style that is very inspiring. The illustrated guide to wood strip canoe building is a comprehensive, detailed guide to the process of contructing a highquality wood strip canoe, written especially for the novice boat builder.
The book is a visual guide that will give firsttime builders the confidence to create a fine woodstrip canoe. This book will provide hours of fun and satisfaction for making superb canoes that work. Morris plans offer three different styles of construction in one set of plans. I wanted to document the process here in case anyone is looking for information for their own canoe building projects. I also picked up canoe paddles by graham warren and david gidmark.
Canoe plans for cedar strip construction light, elegant. If you are building the wider girth prospector or nomad, you will need to purchase one extra bundle of 8 strips these are listed as on option in the selection panel. These plans are just as indepth as the more difficult. An illustrated guide to fine woodstrip construction. I understand the limiting factors of simple cheap 2x4 lumber is. I spent a total of 280 handson hours, and dozens of untallied research hours, building a canoe from strips of western red cedar. Now i have a lovely cedar canoe which is a joy to paddle and the envy of my friends.
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