Build a 12 ft plywood solo pack canoe in less than 20 hrs?
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- čas přidán 5. 11. 2023
- I designed this 12 ft pack canoe, 28" beam, ~12" freeboard, 35lbs. It takes approximately ~15 hours to build (not including shopping runs and waiting for liquids to dry/cure). 3mm Okoume marine plywood, with 6oz fiberglass cloth on exterior, Douglas fir gunwales and interior floor covered with 6oz fiberglass to increase strength and rigidity.
Yes, one could spend double or triple the time making the end product more refined/more beautiful woodwork, etc., but the goal of this build was to get on the water before the water got too cold/hard (ice) to test a new design :-) -- functional, but not a lot of attention to detail.
This manufacturing process was inspired by the Gorewood canoes by Flo-Mo (flo-mo.weebly.com/gorewood-14..., but this canoe is a ground up original solo hull design with some alterations from the original Gorewood designs and manufacturing process. Were things learned? Sure they were (the design had too aggressive a water entry/cheeks (trying to get a Hornbeck classic look/feel), the strategy for the bow and stern wood cuts should be modified for exploiting plywood grain/favored bend direction, you can goop on thickened epoxy in the moment, but once it is in place, it is a pain to get rid of, so, better to take care while it is workable).
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Never seen a canoe built that way. Brilliant
I wish you had had audio going. Just talk. I am very very interested in what happened when the duct tape was used. That bulge in the end looks like only one end but were both ends bulging? Did you make a cut there? All good but only if you had explained your process at that point. Any time duct tape comes out I am Paying Attention. Try taking a discount car cover ~ van size preferably ~ $13.00 ~ all water proof nylon cloth ~ and turning it into a rain fly for your Oh So expensive six person high tech tent. ~ That somebody stored over the winter with the roll of toilet paper so the mice got into it! Duct tape tabs for another layer over the tent. Oh yea! ✨🌸🙏🌸✨. Thank you.for sharing this. ~ from New Hampshire.
The smile on your face, when trying out the canoe. Gotta love it.
I’ve watched a number of plywood/built canoe videos, but I’ve never been that impressed until I saw yours. It’s even more impressive seeing how well it tracks and glides. Perfect!👍
It looks too bumpy
Can I buy a flat pack at IKEA? Next best-can you share cnc cutting files?
Are the plans/drawings available for this on line?
Fastest canoe I've ever seen.
I like the concept! You are right about grain direction. If the grain for the pieces from the last gore to the bow & stern are tangental to the rest of the build, it would have held its shape.
Congratulations on a job well done! Looks great!
Well done! Huge smile padling!
Great job! Congrats
Great little boat, moves along nicely!
Absolutely beautiful
Cool! I've never seen a canoe made like that
That was awesome, great job
Beautiful man thank you
Very nice work 🎉
These short, light boats are such a hoot to paddle, easy to store, transport and launch.
the way you made the gores was clever