Hey all you boat builders!

[sleek]

I saw mention on another thread where a few folks said they were boat builders. I have built 2 of my own design, and just thought it would be neat to start a thread with those of us who have built, and share what we have made.

[Marc St Louis]

Boat no but canoe yes

[DC]

My boats were remote control racing sailboats. 1 meter long.

[Hawkdancer]

I got a 17' wood/canvas (possible BN Morris) to restore/rebuild, does that count?  Darn thing got a fiberglass coat somewhere along the way and will be a real pita to skin out to get to the wood working part.  Had the thought of betting the skin off and tacking it to the garage wall or stretching on a rack like a hide!  Got too much stuff in the garage to put it indoors to work on it, though.  Maybe just stay around the campfire?  No problem with a dedicated thread though.  We are a versatile bunch!
Hawkdancer

[sleek]

Id say id if its a boat, its good for this thread. Rc, canoes, or anything else. I will dig up my pkcs and post about them, but Im hoping others will too...

[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

[DC]

That's a beauty Bob. My brother-in-law bought one from the widow of a guy that died before he finished it. It sat in his rec room for 18 years. It just needed gunnels and seats. For some reason the guy had dumped any leftover resin in the bottom. It was almost as thick as the ribs in spots. We ground out as much as we could but the boat was always too heavy.

[Knoll]

Those 2 are beautiful watercraft, fellas!

[Hawkdancer]

Real nice work on these craft!
Kyle, get a copy of the Wooden Canoe by Rollin Thurlow and Jerry Stelmok and checked out the WCHA website - it is very similar to our PA site for info!  A great amount of info and knowledge as well as an occasional p****ing contest!.  I will be looking for red cedar when I proceed with my project, either erc or wrc, doesn't matter.  Good luck with the build.
Hawkdancer

[chamookman]

I've always wanted to do a Cedar strip & Canvas Canoe ! Wirwicki built a really nice Cedar Strip Kayak a while back - real pretty. Bob

[Marc St Louis]

Made this 12' kayak/canoe about 30 years ago.  I had plans on making a 16 footer but never got around to it