Cedar Strip Kayak: While a wood kayak may seem fragile, strip built kayaks are actually incredibly strong and lightweight. With this construction method, it is not too difficult to build a boat that outperforms anything you can buy at a store. By building your own boa…
Cedar Strip Canoe: The following is the quick and simple version of how I built my first cedar strip canoe. I'm in the process of building my second canoe right now and I've been posting detailed, short instructional videos for all the steps on my YouTube channel - ht…
We had a great foundation class last week, with 13 student for 6 days. It was the first foundation class of the year, and a wonderful way to start the new school year. Here is the last post about the canoe I built last year, it does’t have much written information, but I at least wanted […]
Cedar Strip Canoe Build
Building a Cedar Strip Kayak: Sometimes I like to get on the water by myself and sometimes a canoe will suit me just fine. Other times the weather is not suitable for a canoe, too windy, too wavy or I just want to cruise the waterways a little more efficiently. A kayak can handl…
Cedar Strip Canoe completed
Building My Cedar Strip Canoe: Spring was just starting to arrive in northern Minnesota, and after a long winter, I was getting anxious to get back out into my little wood shop and start another project. Having more time than money on my hands, the project had only two crit…
A perfect example of form meets function, these unique, handcrafted wooden kayaks look like a work of art and paddle beautifully! Expertly ...
Building a Cedar Strip Canoe: A practical account of my experiences and a brief guide to building a cedar strip canoe. It includes links to stories of using the canoe for wilderness camping and fishing.I also now have an instructable for a cedar strip kayak:https://www.instructa…
bowtie's Project
This video covers my cedar strip canoe build, it is a summary of the full build process that is broken down into multiple videos below.Episode 1 - What and W...
Documenting progress of building my first canoe
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Chestnut Prospector
The Rangeley Lake Boat is a cedar strip-built row boat, stable enough to stand up and fly fish out of! Order from Newfound Woodworks today!
One of my goals for 2018 is to build a cedar strip canoe. I wanted to document the process here in case anyone is...
The complexity of the build is something that I wasn't really quite prepared for, and has caused me several sleepless nights to say the least, however, I think I can finally see an end in sight.
Want to know the basics of building a cedar-strip kayak? Here's a practical account, with photos, of how I built one.
A practical account of my experiences and a brief guide to building the cedar-strip canoe I use for wilderness camping and fishing.
