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The book to buy... All in all a very comprehensive boatbuilding book and highly recommended.--Pete Greenfield"Water Craft" (03/01/2004)
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Canoecraft teaches more than how to build a canoe, it teaches about life. Much of what can be applied to building a canoe well can be applied to doing anything well. In this new edition of Canoecraft, the first in its 17-year history, you will find significant updates, improvements and expansions. New resins, tools, a changing audience and more than a few new things learned by the author, meant it was time for a complete revision. There is more advanced information for the second-time boat builder, a larger variety of and clearer plans, an additional series of builder's tips - tricks of the trade and a new chapter on making your own paddle, along with new techniques like building a stapleless boat. We hope you will agree this new version of Canoecraft, "the Bible of canoe building" has something for everyone, particularly those looking to build well-crafted wooden boats. Ahoy there! Whether your goal is to build a general-purpose recreational canoe, an efficient modern tripping canoe or a full-decked fast-cruising canoe with walnut veneer, "Canoecraft" can help you make it happen.
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21 of 21 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This book has long been one of the standard reference books for anyone interested in building their own canoes.
Ted Moores and Merilyn Mohr at Bear Mountain Canoes have long been involved in the development and building of both classic and modern open canoes. They have developed the strip building techniques over many years of running canoes building workshops, and simplified them to a point where almost any reasonably competent woodworker can produce a canoe to be proud of.
The book is well thought out and takes the reader through a short history of open canoes, in the country where they began, through a discussion on the reletive merits of different designs, to building.
The main concept of the book is to help the reader to build their own canoe, and this it does admirably. A well illustrated and clearly set out book, which if it doesn't start you building will certainly start you thinking about doing it.
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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
This is a must have
15 May 2003
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I have read other books on canoe building and this one was for me the best. It has good advice on which style of wood strip canoe to build for your purpose, looks at plans, materials and tools and then goes through the process of building a 16 foot Redbird. It had enough detail (marginally fuzzy b&w photos but excellent line drawings) to guide me, a complete beginner, through the whole process and I recommend it. Other books have great tips and overviews of the techniques, and are useful for additional information; but this was the one that, by leading me through each step in enough detail from start to finish answering my questions as it went, made me confident that I could safely start the project and build that canoe.
11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
The revised edition is even better than the original!
28 Mar 2005
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I am making my fourth cedarstrip, the first three (Kipawa, Mattawa, and Chestnut Prospector) following the original edition as my guide and reference manual. I ordered the new edition partly because I'd worn out the original, but even after having built three cedarstrip canoes, I found new information and ideas in the revised edition making it worthwhile. The new edition has improved and expanded information about various building tips, jigs to make the building go better, a new section on staple-less building (the style I've used for all four canoes), an expanded section on canoe repair, and a new chapter on paddle making, among other improvements.
This book is a gold mine of information about building cedarstrip canoes, and comes as close to "step by step" instructions as I could imagine. It is slightly limited in scope, for example, by concentrating on only a range of products and sources available for materials, but otherwise terrific. For example, it only discusses (and borrows heavily from material about) the West System epoxies, bypassing some very valuable alternatives that a more complete discussion would include. (Examples: it omits discussion of Mas Epoxies or System Three epoxy materials, which include a very nice new product line for strippers that gives a nearly clear coating rather than the amber colored finish that West Systems and earlier System Three and Mas products give you.) It could also profitably include information on more of the modern designs available (e.g., John Winters' work). But these are quibbles; it is an outstanding book, improved significantly in the revised edition.
This book is a gold mine of information about building cedarstrip canoes, and comes as close to "step by step" instructions as I could imagine. It is slightly limited in scope, for example, by concentrating on only a range of products and sources available for materials, but otherwise terrific. For example, it only discusses (and borrows heavily from material about) the West System epoxies, bypassing some very valuable alternatives that a more complete discussion would include. (Examples: it omits discussion of Mas Epoxies or System Three epoxy materials, which include a very nice new product line for strippers that gives a nearly clear coating rather than the amber colored finish that West Systems and earlier System Three and Mas products give you.) It could also profitably include information on more of the modern designs available (e.g., John Winters' work). But these are quibbles; it is an outstanding book, improved significantly in the revised edition.
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Great book
15 Nov 2000
Format:Paperback
A very good book for the beginner. While the lofting of the patterns can be intimidating, the author does a good job of explaning the basics. The plans and the information contained in the book are very helpful. One thing building a canoe with an inner stem can be a bit tricky, you may opt to just run the strips past the form and glue the together this works very well.
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