Launch Videos Viola 14 Sailing Canoes in Hungary

The Hungarian Wooden Boat group displayed the build of a Viola 14 Sailing Canoe at the annual boat show from a flat pack kit with a complete boat appearing 3 weeks later along with sailing videos.

Eureka Canoe has a hollow entry like a classic canoe. storerboatplans.com

FAQ – Designing and building sailing and paddling canoes. Strip vs Plywood

How sailing and paddling canoe shapes differ.

How traditional canoe designs work really well and a lot of modern ones don’t.

Building a canoe – is ply or cedar strip better?

How to build a lightweight canoe – selection of materials – ply vs strip plank and timber species

Books for canoebuilding.

Philippines Dugout Canoes for rapids and rocks – Pagsanjan Falls

I am in the Philippines at the moment.

I took five days out to go to the area where one of my Australian Filipino friends has her hometown. The general area is Laguna, I was staying at Lumban and nearby was a canoe trip to Pagsanjan falls.

I was really interested to see the local boats and to see how they might relate to the timber boats that existed previously. The boats are elegant and very well suited to their environment. Paddling and motor canoes are used on a daily basis.

A week fast building two Quick Canoes for touring the Loire in France – Part 1

The above photo was taken on the third day of our Canoeing trip on the Loire River in France. The two black canoes didn’t even exist a week ago.

When I wrote the original article on Disposable Canoeing I had no idea at all what it would lead to me and a bunch of adventurers, wine and cheese connoisseurs. Most of us didn’t even know each other! The picture above is the result of this adventurism, but what happened to make it happen?

What technology was involved to make the boats faster to build than most stitch and glue boats and what weather conditions did we have to overcome to make it all happen.

Two canoes. Simple and Classic. How to choose. storerboatplans.com

Two plywood canoes designs – How to choose a plan.

This page compares the two plywood canoes in my range. Both have detailed plans and are simple to build.

The page is to explain the differences and to help potential builders see if one of the boats suits their needs.

Lots of links to pictures, build articles and even videos.

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