Building My Solo Wilderness Tripping Canoe - BEST CANOE EVER!

In this video I build the PERFECT canoe (for me).

As life changes, it seems that I'm doing more and more canoe tripping on my own. I spent the first part of the summer researching and trying out other solo canoes and then set about designing what I wanted.

I wanted to build a canoe that was stable enough to comfortably fish from or do photography and video - in fact, I wanted a canoe that I could comfortably stand up in. The canoe also needed to be smaller in length so that it would be easier to carry on the portage. I also wanted a canoe that would track well, while paddled solo... and to top it all off, I wanted to build a canoe that would perform well on winding creeks and on lakes with larger waves and winds.

I studied the lines of several canoes for inspiration and then set out to loft the forms and then build the perfect solo wilderness tripping canoe.

This video documents the complete canoe building experience. I've used time lapse to speed up the building process but have included descriptive narrative throughout.

Aside from the "scrap" wood I had left around, I also used TotalBoat Epoxy and Varnish for this canoe build. You can check their product lineup here: http://www.totalboat.com/

You can see the canoe in action here: https://youtu.be/HfewHKqB-nc

I hope you enjoy the video. If you do, please give it the thumbs up and leave a comment.
Thanks - Jason

P.S. Somewhere along the way I nicknamed this the "Ugly Canoe" so if in the future you hear me reference "the Ugly Canoe" this is it. :)
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Видео Building My Solo Wilderness Tripping Canoe - BEST CANOE EVER! канала Jason Eke