Skin On Frame Sailing Canoe

Cost completely finished was about 2000 for materials including the sail.

Skin on frame sailing canoe.

The keel and stems are tied to stiff t shaped jigs to hold them in the proper shape. A classic solo canoe. Skin on frame outrigger sailing canoe. The mobjack bay.

To celebrate the release of our new skin on frame canoe building course i thought i d put together this visual overview of the whole building process. The original design was for a 12 foot chined plywood canoe but i just took the three main cross sections stretched the distance between each of them and the stems proportionally to 14 5 feet and then used the chine lines as stringer locations. Small boat sailing at its best. A low volume sea kayak for lighter paddlers.

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We re going to take all those sticks and tie them together in the shape of a boat. The wee lassie. If you want to build your own boat this easy to follow step by step online video course will take you carefully and clearly through every stage of building a beautiful ultralight skin on frame boat it includes 3 sets of plans so that you can build a one person canoe a two person canoe or a 3 4 person rowboat. An ultralight tender that rows sails and tows.

My plan is to use it hard for a month and then post a design conclusion. I adapted this hybrid glass ply skin on frame york ducker from plans available from mystic seaport. Greetings and welcome to the 66 skin on frame canoe. The overall build took about 160 hours.

Originally envisioned as a lightweight double paddle pack canoe the 66 evolved into a complete canoe building system that gives you the freedom to change the width the depth the rocker the sheer and the hull shaping with easy to follow instructions predictable results and without making time consuming canoe molds. Online video and plans created by brian chandler 39 97. Geodesic airolite boats designed by platt monfort. Skin on frame outrigger sailing canoe.