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Outbackbob48:
I built a 16' cedar strip canoe a couple of yrs ago. I have all the materrials for another one just need to get to it, see if I can find a few of my pics. Bob

Mo_coon-catcher:
I haven’t yet. But this spring and summer I have plans to build a frame and canvas canoe with black locust saplings as they are so abundant around us. I haven’t decided on dimensions yet. But I plan on using it for trapping (beaver, otter, and coon primarily) and fishing mostly with the occasional hunting trip and being gone paddled by 1 person most of the time. With an occasional passenger to help. So myself plus about 500# wouldn’t be an unrealistic number to see every now and then. One good run of 10 mature beaver and some spare gear Or a paddle In hunting trip with a buddy and we both shoot a deer. Both scenarios are very possible and easily top this numbers. And really not that difficult to accomplish.
I don’t know what good numbers would be, but I’m thinking about 32” wide in the center and 12’ long, with the center 4’ straight. And shape it like a boat tail bullet. With w little longer nose and a more blunt rear. I’ll probably shift that center section about 1’ rearward. I’m thinking it may help with one man paddling.Think it would do it, or should the numbers be modified?

I’ll definitely be posting pictures once I get started.

Kyle

DC:
This is not one of my racing boats. This is a R/C model of the 1903 100 ton Olympic entrant Cecily. 103' long(model is 5'). Got a silver I think. I started with a 2'x6'x6'  Western Red Cedar plank for the hull and a chunk of Yellow Cedar off the beach for the decks. Took me a year. I managed to get all the original drawings so all the fitting and rigging are correct. I sailed it once and it sailed well but it was just too big to transport easily so it sits collecting dust behind me. It's good Yew dust though with some OS and Maple in there also.

DC:
Boy is it ever dusty, I'd better fix that. All fixed

Outbackbob48:
Here is a couple pics of the strip canoe sanded and just about finished, added the seats and some spar varnish. 16' and 3' wide, not much rocker so pretty stable. 65 to 70# when all said and done. Need to start another one. Bob )F( -C-

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