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newportcycle wrote:[ATTACH]26420[/ATTACH]

Well, not to Hijack Algale's canoe build thread, here is the completed boat. I started June 1, 2013, and now its done. Been an interesting journey. I've learned alot about myself and my limited skills have increased greatly. It's also started a passion for wooden boats and increased my admiration for wooden boat builders. The shopsmith was an invaluable tool.

Man that is breathtaking!

Very very nice!

Someday .maybe I will be able ....

[quote="edflorence"]Algale and Newportcycle]

I can't believe we have three members who have built (or in my case are still building) the Wabnaki model by Gilpatrick! I've seen the Wee Lassie on numerous canoe building sites and it looks great -- a small, lightweight one person canoe that you sit in the bottom of, dead center, and paddle with a double-bladed paddle> I'd say it is kind of like a kayak without a deck. I say go for it!

newportcycle wrote:[ATTACH]26420[/ATTACH]

Well, not to Hijack Algale's canoe build thread, here is the completed boat. I started June 1, 2013, and now its done. Been an interesting journey. I've learned alot about myself and my limited skills have increased greatly. It's also started a passion for wooden boats and increased my admiration for wooden boat builders. The shopsmith was an invaluable tool.

That's not just a boat .. it's a work of art. I can't wait to see photos of it on the water. Fall foilage in the background would be perfect!

BuckeyeDennis wrote:That's not just a boat .. it's a work of art. I can't wait to see photos of it on the water. Fall foilage in the background would be perfect!

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fredsheldon wrote:Nice work. So now what happens. Does it sit on display for all to admire for a couple of years, then hit the river to run the rapids

Thanks all for the kind comments. No hitting the rapids I'm afraid my craftsmanship and embarrasing workmanship wouldnt stand the strain. I'll be hanging it in the garage over the next couple days, things are pretty cool here and to many chores to mess with it. Also, I dont have anyway to get it anywhere, its too long for my trailer so I guess I need to design and build a roof top carrier this winter.

[quote="edflorence"]Algale and Newportcycle]

Nudge, Nudge. Thanks for the kind words, Mr. Gilpatrick lives two towns over from here, several folks I've worked with over the years took his course in high school and spoke highly of him and his boats, the stemless design seems to wrankle some purists. Lately I've been looking at a variety of small sailing dinghy's, there a numerous to choose from. This last weekend I took a bike ride to Brooklin Maine, "the boat building capitol of the world" or so the sign read, to visit The Wooden Boat School. While there I picked up a book by John Brooks about building plywood lap strake boats, and got to see the shops, yards, and waterfront. Absolutely awsome place. That tour convinced me to pickup a course catalog. After showing it to my wife, she shook her head and wanted to know if only one weeks vacation next year would be spent there or all three. After looking at some of those boats, my efforts pale in comparison, but there's a sailing dingy of some type in my future. Then I'll have to learn to sail the darn thing.