Canoe building

The idea of building a canoe in a short period of time seemed to open up the possibility of building the boat in a foreign country with local materials and leaving the boat when the vacation was over.

Quick Canoe Electric Design built by group of students with no boat building experience did a 120kms (80 mile) on the Vistula River, Poland.

One does not have to be a naval architect to understand the basic principles of canoe design. They are relatively simple, yet vitally important – especially to the builder. The curves of a well-designed canoe are its calling card – a proclamation of the kind of paddling it does best.

When building a cedar strip canoe, red cedar strips are one of the larger components of the total material cost. This is an estimate of the cost for red cedar strips.

Rollin Thurlow's 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.

Canoes come in different shapes and sizes with different hull designs. Each canoe design is best suited to a specific set of tasks. So, with…

One of my goals for 2018 is to build a cedar strip canoe. I wanted to document the process here in case anyone is...

Stickleback may be among the smallest of small boats, but it would be just the right boat to overcome the limitations of all of my larger vessels.

2021, 18′ Custom, cold molded, show piece. Cedar, Mahogony, Cypress,

Learn how to build a canoe with these wooden canoe plans from WWGOA