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18' 2" White Guide

Designed by E. M. White Canoe Co. (lines taken by Gil Gilpatrick)

An 18 ft 2 in tandem expedition canoe based on a design by the E. M. White Canoe Co. of Maine, from lines taken by Gil Gilpatrick, author of Building a Strip Canoe. Newfound Woodworks sells plans and cedar-strip kits. It is a large, very stable canoe for two paddlers and a lot of gear: 35 in beam, 625 lb capacity, about 64 lb. One built by Newfound's crew went down the Yellowstone River.

Ordinary open-canoe strip work, just more of it; two were built by high school students in Minnesota. As a rule of thumb, budget 170 to 280 hours. Measured medians from build logs appear below.

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