Skin on frame canoe build

[@jvkanufan8115]

Terrific insight into your build process. Thank you for letting me be a fly on your workshop wall. Hope she goes well! Would love to see her on the water!

[@mattdjmorris]

Well done! Quality work.

[@giovannidurante4134]

great canoe!

[@dennisboyd2859]

Great build and video on the process! Is that the Stonefly 12 from Jeff Horton? I built a sof kayak, plans from Dave Gentry and really enjoyed the process and love using it. And thinking about building a canoe. Again, great job and looks beautiful.

[@Tlohretep]

That rings a bell. Yes, just looked it up. But I would make a couple of edits for preference, I would make the middle cross section a little wider and I don't think the gunwales needed to be quite as large but I used a heavy hard wood.

[@Tlohretep]

Also, converting all the dimensions for the templates took a little time. I digitised the shapes then used a CNC plotter I just so happened to have knocking about! To get the frame shapes really well drawn onto the ply

[@arastroandadventure4382]

Beautiful boat! What did you use to treat the skin?

[@Tlohretep]

I used a single part yacht varnish. But if I were to do it again I would use the 2 part stuff having seen it on another boat since. This finish is lighter and more rubbery. Although the skin I used was actually 100% waterproof anyway.

[@LJTomlinson1]

Are you selling the plans to your skin on frame canoe or a thumb drive with the downloadable plans?

[@Tlohretep]

I do not have them, I used a book as the bases of the frame, I can't remember where I got this, but it was all in old measurements and took a lot of converting. If I were to rebuild I would change the form somewhat, It tracks really nicely in the water but I would make the centre part of the frame wider and possibly more shallow for stability and increase the curve up to the bow and stern slightly. I would reduce the weight of the rim stays, they are over engineered and do not need to be as bulky as they are. So, if I were to do plans, I would change a fair bit prior to publication.

[@tonykirkham4087]

what plans did you use.

[@Tlohretep]

Fuselage Frame Boats: A guide to building skin kayaks and canoes £11.75 Amazon.co.uk. -- but I don't like the imperial measurements. And I adapted the design and materials a little.

[@ВладимирВасильев-с3ы]

👍✊👍✊👍✊

[@MikeWoyke]

I Like your Work.👍 But I hate this terrible Song.😂

[@jeffs4817]

Laugh in my ass off at a shrink rap Canoe..... Small stick giant terror Hope you can swim

[@Tlohretep]

It's still going strong, no problems. Thanks for your concern. :)

[@dennisboyd2859]

Haha, yes I get that comment occasionally with my sof kayak - mainly from older people that are thinking of the old canvas canoes. Do some research and you may surprised at how durable they are. I took mine down a rock infested river and I hit one that went down the length of the boat. I had visions of the Titanic. But once finished the trip, I could hardly tell it got hit. Still, I it isn’t as tough as wood or Kevlar but I love mine for the many advantages it provides.

[@grahamwilson7875]

Dump the soundtrack! I had to turn the sound off to finish watching. It’s like fingernails on a chalk board