Was wondering if someone could point me in the right direction regarding this: I'm interested in building an open canoe. I do not want to do a cedar strip boat. Thinking more along the lines of plywood stitch-n-glue. I would like the boat to be capable of tripping with portages in mind (BWCAW or Quetico) - so lightweight would be good. Payload capacity has to be at least 550 to 600 lbs (I weigh-in at 250 myself!) and still maintain performance (lots of boats will hold 600 lbs but paddle like a flat-faced barge with that load). I'm guessing this places it in the 17-18 foot range. Ideally, the boat would be easy and fairly quick to build (S&G should make that doable) and have acceptable performance levels. No, I can't define acceptable - but I guess I'm saying on par with say a Wenonah Minnesota II. Since this would be a primarily a tripping canoe - tracking is probably more important that being able to turn on a dime. As for simplicity of construction, I have in my mind to work with groups of jr and sr high aged kids to build boats and then do a trip into the BW/Q. With the attention span and skill level of the groups, the construction needs to be pretty straightforward. I'm wondering if such a craft exists (I know I'm not the first to want this) - and where might one find information/plans? John Winters, I know you are the guru of small craft design and construction - wondering if you have some direction for us? I also have a couple of others that I paddle with that are interested in building a simple S&G solo canoe for BW tripping so if there is a resource for that too - that would be great. As always, it is great to have a resource of knowledge like PW. It is sure a luxury to be able to pull up a log around this campfire and learn from the veterans! Thanks, K *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Fri Apr 08 2005 - 20:27:39 PDT
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