Production model

Prospector

Built by Chestnut

The tripping canoe, from Fredericton, New Brunswick: deep, full-ended and able to carry a ridiculous load through moving water. Copied by nearly every canoe builder since, which tells you most of what you need to know about the hull.

What building a Prospector actually takes

Medians from the build logs kept on this site, not the designer’s estimate. Nobody has logged this boat here yet, so they are empty until the first builder does.

Build logs

Launched

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Median hours

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Median months

Those medians firm up as more people log this boat.

Builds of this boat

Nobody has logged a Prospector here yet.

If you are building one, yours becomes the reference: the page the next person building this boat finds when they search for it. One photo and one line is a valid first entry.

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Same type, closest in length.

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