Design
Redwood Canoe
Designed by Grandpa's Archive
A strip-built canoe from Popular Science: redwood strips edge-glued over plywood templates on a form, then fiberglassed inside and out. The prototype took about three weekends. She is broad and flat-bottomed amidships so two can sit side by side in the middle with a paddler at each end and gear besides.
About 70 strips ripped from straight-grained redwood are tacked to the templates with brads and glued, starting at the gunwales and meeting in a staggered line along the keel. The outside gets two layers of glass cloth and the inside one, and seats woven from webbing, a yoke and breast plates finish her. The form can be turned into a bench for working on the inside. The materials list is included.
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| 11-Foot Little Auk | Chesapeake Light Craft | 11′ 0″ (3.35 m) | 0 |
| 11' 4" Wee Lassie | Newfound Woodworks | 11′ 4″ (3.45 m) | 0 |
| 11' 9" Otter | Newfound Woodworks | 11′ 9″ (3.58 m) | 0 |
| 12' 8" Excursion | Newfound Woodworks | 12′ 8″ (3.86 m) | 0 |
| 13' 3" Wee Lassie II | Newfound Woodworks | 13′ 3″ (4.04 m) | 0 |