Angler's Trip

The tandem tripper in the Angler's series, 16 ft 6 in by 36 in, built on the same Bob's Special pedigree as the smaller Angler's boats. A shallow arch bottom makes her steady for fishing, photography and family outings with children or dogs who shift their weight without warning, and Ashes reckons she will hold a week's gear for two. Her low ends and modest freeboard keep her out of the wind and lighter than a Prospector style canoe of similar displacement.

As with the Angler's Day, the builder can pull the gunwales in either with recurved tumblehome or with a hard chine; the chined version is marginally stiffer, and the hull below the waterline is identical. Ashes is clear about the trade-off: if covering miles matters more than stability, the asymmetric Tandem Day or Tandem Trip is the better pick. Cedar strip throughout, with full size patterns and no written assembly instructions.