I just uploaded some views of a 16-1/2' cargo canoe I built in 2002 for my son in Texas. She's kinda patchwork patterned, because the salvaged wood all had to be scarfed before it got cut into strips. For the past 25 years, it had been a neighbor's deck and a couple of mountain ash trees in my backyard.
JR
Spokanoemaker, Thanks for uploading your pics, that is one cool canoe. It looks pretty beamy how wide is she? Check out Spokanoemaker pics... Kruez
ReplyDeleteLooks Good! What do you figure her load capacity is? Will Dixon
ReplyDeleteThat's a realy 'Dam fine Canoe', How long did it take? My only claim to fame was a stich & glue that I helped my dad with.(still trying to get pictures)
ReplyDeleteMeasures 16-1/2feet x 36" beam, but only 31" at the gunnels, due to tumblehome. I designed this one with an extra 2" of freeboard and lots of beam forward and aft because my son's wife and two daughters will be using it in all sorts of water and need (a) to keep dry and (b) for my sake, keep safe. The seats are underslung to keep the center of gravity low, but even with that and the tumblehome, it's remarkably easy to paddle, because the slope of the sides are at a natural angle matching the swing of an adult's paddle track.
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ReplyDeleteThanks for the kind words. With all the extra bilge I built into her, there's an easy 600-700 lb capacity, and that wouldn't even strain her. "Sun of Liberty" floats high with one person aboard, but would be an easy tracking touring canoe on open lakes and even bigger water. One drawback: big hulls = extra wind resistance. Solution: clamp-on bracket for mounting a trolling motor for long trips.
Because I did everything from scratch (no plan, no kit), Sun of Liberty took about 1100 hours, from stacking the salvaged redwood boards in my driveway to the end of the sixth varnish coat.
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