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CANOE sa KAYAK xx BOAT xx ROWBOAT A guide to family canoe trips. Reviews calm-water river canoeing, canoe camping, white-water canoeing, and lake canoeing. Tips on adapting a canoe into a pulling boat with a rowing rig. Outrigger canoe rig features pontoons made from PVC pipe and outriggers made from fence pipe. How to pack a canoe for a portage. A primer on canoeing. Tips on launching and landing, selecting and using a paddle and changing places in a conoe. A look at canoeing the wilderness. Basic types of canoes noted, along with tips on choosing a paddle, boarding the canoe, loading a canoe, portaging, how to dress, and basic safety rules. How to move a canoe on shallow lakes and rivers with a pole. How to make a canoe-over-canoe rescue of a capsized canoe. How to make temporary and permanent repairs to holes punched in aluminum canoes. Tips on planning and taking a canoe trip. Basic canoe paddle strokes are illustrated. Fishing from a canoe. Some tips. Packing your canoe correctly for an overnight trip. Some tips. Spring canoeing safety tips. Tip shows how to make a roller device that helps when loading a canoe onto the top of a van. Portage without pain. How to pack for a trip which will require portaging a canoe. Includes advice on lifting and carrying the canoe. Portable canoe cart. A knock-down cart which stores in the bow of a canoe will allow one person to easily move the canoe on land. Build a canoe trailer that is designed to be towed with a mountain bicycle. The trailer, hitch and bicycle can all be carried in the canoe for use on portages. Build your own cedar strip canoe. Plans must be ordered for $7.95. Editor's test of cedar-strip canoe kit offered by Old Town Canoe Company. Photos show how a cedar-strip canoe kit is assembled. Cedar-strip canoe. Part 1. Assembling the wooden form on which the canoe will be built. Cedar-strip canoe. Part 2. Building the cedar hull and covering it with fiberglass. Cedar-strip canoe. Part 3. Fiberglassing the inside and attaching the trim. Building a stripper canoe. Cedar strips and fiberglass combine to make a strong, lightweight shell. From cedar to sea. Carving and steaming a dugout canoe in the tradition of the Northwest Indians. Some tips. Difference between using fiberglass and Kevlar to build a strip canoe. Poor man's yacht. A look at the history and construction of the cedarstrip canoe. School shop class in plastic technology produces fiberglass canoes for local groups. Description of basic process and bill of materials included. Estimated cost: $150 each How to recanvas a canoe. Sixteen-foot canoe handles motors up to 5-hp. Plywood construction. Weighs 62 lbs. How to convert a punt or canoe to a bed sheet sailboat. How to convert your canoe to a sailing rig. Includes instructions for sewing the sail. "Butterfly" boat which can be sailed as a cat-rigged catamaran or converted into two one-man dinghies. With the two hulls bolted together, stern-to-stern, it also becomes a two-man canoe. Unsinkable, with simple construction. Make a removable spray-deck (cover) for your canoe. Use it to keep water (waves, rain, etc.) out of your canoe while paddling. A paddler's "skirt" fastens around waist to make it even more difficult to get water into the canoe. Find freedom in a canoe. How to choose a canoe and paddles and learn how to use them. Building a cedar strip canoe. Description of assembling the Old Town Canoe Kit. Est. cost: $750. How to add a sail and outrigger pontoons to a canoe. The pontoons are PVC pipe stuffed with packing peanuts for flotation. How to make a cedar dugout canoe. Tips on running your own canoe livery. Build a 4-power still-water canoe. The PuddleDuck incorporates design elements of Native American canoe, Louisiana pirogue, Maine dory and Cape Cod sailing catboat. Est. cost: $50. Includes information on how to make a paddle, sponsons (outriggers), a sculling oar and a sailing rig and rudder. Fourteen-foot canoe. Wooden frame covered with 1/8" marine plywood and glued canvas skin. Est. cost: $50. Spillproof canoe. Sponsons on a 9 ft. beam allow stand-up casting and entry from a ladder in the water. How to outfit for a wilderness canoe trip. Twin-paddle rig attaches to a canoe, allows one person to use two paddles. How to make a canoe cart from a pair of bicycle wheels and angle iron. A physical checkup plus some simple exercises can get you ready for backpacking, canoeing, climbing and other summer activities. Build a 14-ft., 44-pound cedar-strip canoe that is sheathed in fiberglass. This construction technique eliminates internal frames and the canvas outer cover of traditional canoes. Complete instructions included. Redwood canoe. A 74-lb., 16-ft. canoe built from redwood strips covered with fiberglass. Est. cost: $84. Canoe built from siding. A 16-ft., 65-lb. canoe with cedar-clapboard sides and 1/4" plywood bottom. Est. cost: $ 33. How to choose and use a canoe. How to build a low-cost rowing seat for a canoe and how to fit a Y-stern to a canoe you are building or add a flat stern to an already-built canoe. Add-ons turn a canoe into a sailboat. A deck unit provides mounting for leeboards and mast and rudder-tiller assembly. Extension on one of the two cartop carriers makes it easier for one man to load a canoe. Tips on how to use your canoe during the winter as a tobaggon or as a giant ice skate. Install two electric trolling motors on a crossbar, one on each side of your canoe. By running one motor with reverse polarity, the canoe follows a straight path. How to add a battery-powered outboard motor to a canoe. Two styles of bolt-on wheels for portaging canoes. One style features a pair of wheels which are attached to a simple frame, and the frame straps to the bottom (keel) of the canoe. The other style uses two bicycle wheels attached to a cross bar. The cross bar bolts to the side rails (beam) of the canoe. Quick and sturdy canoe repairs for split decks, split seats, and cracked ribs. Tips on single-handed loading of a canoe atop a car. Design study for constructing a South Seas proa (sailing canoe) as used by the Polynesians. How to build a canoe caddy from a 21" length of 2x10 fir and two 8" diameter wheels. Design and construction of the birch bark canoe. Some tips from master canoe builder Jack Minehart. Classic canoe craftsmanship. Advice from a builder of cedar-strip canoes. Building kit boats. (1) A 16-ft cedar-strip canoe. (2) A kayak from precut plywood. (3) A 16-ft. square-stern canoe. (4) A lapstrake sailing pram. Building ultra-light canoes of lapstrake construction which have no frames. Paddling like an ancient. A graceful and efficient Indian canoe stroke. With adze and steam. Photos and text describe the carving of a "Haisla" dugout canoe. Wood-and-canvas canoe restoration. Part 1. How to survey the boat's condition, set priorities and begin structural repairs. Wood-and-canvas canoe restoration. Part 2. Finishing structural repairs and canvasing the hull. Henri Vaillancourt and the bark canoe. Tips on building a birchbark canoe from one of the foremost builders. The north woods canoe. Selecting a wilderness tripper. Advice on selecting a canoe which will best accommodate your diverse needs as a long-term traveler. Strip-building a double-bladed paddle canoe. Constructing an affordable personal boat which is based on the Wee Lassie-type canoe. Building the six-hour canoe. This sheet-plywood boat is easy to build using only simple hand tools. An ideal project for novices and young people. Est. cost: $150. Building a SailRig for kayaks and canoes. Outriggers (floats or amas) are built from plywood to stabilize the boat. The unit weighs 35 pounds and breaks down for cartopping. Est. cost: $400. Building a birchbark canoe. Build a cedar-and-canvas canoe. Part 1. Construction of the building form. (NOTE: The labor and cost involved in building the form will probably equal or exceed the cost for a single canoe. However, the form can be used over-and-over to make multiple canoes). Build a cedar-and-canvas canoe. Part 2. Framing and planking. Build a cedar-and-canvas canoe. Part 3. Covering, finishing, and final detailing. Build the Ojibwa canoe. This Canadian, or open, canoe is built from marine plywood. The seams in the plywood are "stitched" with nylon fishing line and then sealed with fiberglass tape and resin. Stripped together. Using strip building as a high-quality construction method for canoes. Build a "stitch and tape" canoe from thin plywood. Complete plans must be ordered. How to build a canoe from a kit. | |||||||||
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