 Trade In this Item for up to £0.25
Get an extra £5 when you trade in books worth £10 or more until June 30, 2012. Trade in The Canoe Shop: Three Elegant Wooden Canoes Anyone Can Build for an Amazon.co.uk gift card of up to £0.25, which you can then spend on millions of items across the site. Trade-in values may vary (terms apply). Find more products eligible for trade-in.
|
Frequently Bought Together
Product details
|
More About the Author
Product Description
Product Description
The "Canoe Shop" arms you with complete plans and step-by-step instructions for building three graceful and rugged touring canoes, including a 12-foot double-paddle canoe, a 14-foot solo, and a 16-foot tandem. You needn't be an experienced boatbuilder to get the most out of this book. All that's required are a few common tools and the most basic woodworking skills. The secret is Chris Kulczycki's original LapStitch approach, which combines traditional lapstrake boatbuilding with the simplicity and ease of modern stitch-and-glue construction.With the help of 170 photos and illustrations, Chris walks you through the entire process for all three designs - from reading the plans to painting or varnishing your new canoe. "Recommended reading for anyone contemplating going paddling in a kayak of their own creation." - Sea Kayaker. "This is a very useful book, clearly written, well illustrated, fully explanatory...You will be sold on building your own wood kayak." - "Atlantic Coastal Kayaker".
From the Back Cover
The Canoe Shop arms you with complete plans and step-by-step instructions for building three graceful and rugged touring canoes, including a 12-foot double-paddle canoe, a 14-foot solo, and a 16-foot tandem. You needn't be an experienced boatbuilder to get the most out of this book. All that's required are a few common tools and the most basic woodworking skills. The secret is Chris Kulczycki's original LapStitch approach, which combines traditional lapstrake boatbuilding with the simplicity and ease of modern stitch-and-glue construction. With the help of 170 photos and illustrations, Chris walks you through the entire process for all three designs--from reading the plans to painting or varnishing your new canoe.
Praise for The Kayak Shop
<"Recommended reading for anyone contemplating going paddling in a kayak of their own creation."--Sea Kayaker
"This is a very useful book, clearly written, well illustrated, fully explanatory. . . . You will be sold on building your own wood kayak."--Atlantic Coastal Kayaker
Tags Customers Associate with This Product(What's this?)Click on a tag to find related items, discussions, and people.
|
Sell a Digital Version of This Book in the Kindle Store
If you are a publisher or author and hold the digital rights to a book, you can sell a digital version of it in our Kindle Store.
Learn more
What Other Items Do Customers Buy After Viewing This Item?
Customer Reviews
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
16 of 16 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This book is a "How-To" manual to build the Sassafras Canoes from CLC. If this is the canoe you want to build, then it is excellent and you should buy this book. If however, you want general information on building wooden canoes, don't bother. There is nothing unique in this book (for the generic canoe builder) that you cannot get from other books, or indeed by just browsing on the internet.
The one thing that I did learn was that I do NOT want to build this design. So for the price of the book, it saved me from making an expensive mistake. This is not to suggest that there is anything wrong with either the design or CLC, just that the construction method and the look of the finished canoe are not to my personal taste.
14 of 14 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
This book is for people interested in building their own wooden canadian-style canoes. It is not a general purpose introduction, but gives plans for 3 variations on one classic, elegant, yet light-weight design. The author has produced a revolutionary method for construction of lapstrake canoes which is based on the stitch and glue method applied to chine boats. The three variations are a 12' solo canoe, a 14' solo explorer / 2 person day-tripper and a 16' two person design. All the necessary techniques are clearly explained and plans for lofting dimensions provided with lists of building materials.
The canoes can be built totally from scratch, or pre-cut kits can be obtained from CLC in the States or Fyne Boats in the UK.
I certainly intend to attempt to build the Sasafras 14' from this book.
The canoes can be built totally from scratch, or pre-cut kits can be obtained from CLC in the States or Fyne Boats in the UK.
I certainly intend to attempt to build the Sasafras 14' from this book.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
A great book for the first time boat builder with all the information you need from buying the wood and tools through to finishing the canoe. There are detailed instructions and tips on each stage of the build. I have Chris Kulczycki's other book on building kayaks which is equally as good. I would definitely recommend this book to anyone wanting to build their own canoe even if you are buying the plans elsewhere. The plans in this book are obviously not full size, so you will have to re draw them to get the full size workable plan, you could measure out the planks strait from the book if you wanted. The plans are for the same canoe shown on the front in three different sizes, 12, 14 and 16ft.
10/10 for this book and an interesting read even if you don't go ahead with a build.
10/10 for this book and an interesting read even if you don't go ahead with a build.
Would you like to see more reviews about this item?
Were these reviews helpful?
Let us know
Most Recent Customer Reviews
I Want a CANOE
This book is great. Very inspiring and the moment I picked it up I just wanted to start building. I think the layout of the book is very logical and well written from a builders... Read more
Published 3 months ago by Windz
A home built Canoe
The book has all the information I required.
It was delivered promptly within the stated time frame (I think it would have been even quicker had it not been Christmas time).
It was delivered promptly within the stated time frame (I think it would have been even quicker had it not been Christmas time).
Published on 4 Jan 2010 by Mr. Brian Lee
Listmania!
|
|
Look for similar items by category
Look for similar items by subject
Feedback
- Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
- I am the Author, and I want to comment on my book.
- I am the Publisher, and I want to comment on this book.
|
