UCanoe_2

I used the joggle stick and marking board to lay out the curves on the sides of the deck. I have become smart enough to make a mockup...

Benson's photo shows an exceptionally grand edition of the courting canoe. I call lesser versions the "Cleopatra, Queen of the Nile"...

?? Is nobody else reading?? Nat A. Barrows, Blow All Ballast!. New York: Dodd, Mead & Company (1940-42) In 1939 the submarine USS...

Here is an article from WoodenBoat showing how a joggle stick works. The author's technique and precision are much better than mine...

There will be a plywood deck covering the forward floatation chamber and the partner, and extending on the sides about 12" aft of the...

Trial fitting the partner:

The mast needs a thwart, called a "partner" to support it above the step. I made a pattern for the partner using the method described...

I have always fantasized about passing under the porch of The Left Bank paddling through Saranac Lake and having them lower down a...

32 waist is a dim, distant memory. Thanks for making this offer to the forum.

I have not. Just quoting Esquif. AFAIK they are the same hull but Sport has more rocker.

Prospecteur Sport is an excellent tandem river canoe, in fact excellent all around. It's OK on flat water if you have good paddling...

Scouting started me canoeing, bouncing from bank to bank in the C&O Canal. After a while I learned to paddle straight. I learned...

"But sooth to seyn, he was somdeel squaymous Of fartyng........." ---The Canterbury Tales How much do you really know about farts...

Now it's time to attach the mast step to the hull. I used epoxy here because the joint needs to be extra strong. The trusty late '70s...

Now it's time to make the mast step, which is a block of wood with a socket for the bottom of the mast. I had a "scrap" piece of sapele...