Distinctive Canoes for Discriminating
Paddlers
Ready to break out of the same old mold?
In the water or on the car, I guarantee you will attract
attention
with one of these. It is the good, positive attention, not the
toilet
paper stuck to your shoe kind of attention!
These are truly distinctive, light weight, durable canoes.
Other
paddlers point, smile and wave when you drive down the
highway. They
ask you about it when you're paddling. There is something
beautiful
about the wood that can't be captured in a canoe coming off a
mold.
I derive a lot of pleasure heading out for a quick paddle.
The
majority of the canoe designs are light weight solo models.
There are
few "attractive" solo canoe designs for stitch and glue
construction.
There are not too many solo canoe designs period, even for
wood strip
construction. There are roughly 45 canoe stitch and glue canoe
designs
in my portfolio. These range from a 7 ft 6" model designed for
1 sheet
of ply up to variety of 20 foot tandem models.
I have built numerous solo canoes and sea kayaks. It has
allowed me
to experiment with
a variety of shapes and configurations. There is a lot to be
said about
the practical hands-on implications of design and trial. It
has been
said more than once that there is no perfect canoe and I have
to agree.
Sometimes folks can not find what they want off the shelf and
that's
when it is useful to have a craft designed for you.
"Canoeing alone is never lonely if all your friends have solo
canoes"
Cliff Jacobson, Canoeist's Little Book of Wisdom
Pictured below is Derek Greenfield's custom designed
canoe
built in
2005-2006
