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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.

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.

arthur heading off for 2 weeks in missouri. Quick Canoe builds in a couple of weekends. Cheaper than hiring! storer boat plans

Quick Canoe Plan build in two weekends is light and Pretty

Quick canoe is a 16ft wooden canoe plan in three panels that can be built very fast – It looks like a classic canoe. It hs good stability with excellent weight carrying. It also paddles pretty well for a plywood canoe. The first one took 4.5 hours to build – but thats a Canadian woodworker. I took two weekends.

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.

Launching – Quick Canoe Electric in Hungary

A boat for an electric trolling motor will go very fast with 2hp. I suggest that smaller power might be good for a cargo canoe, motor canoe. Not to mention the gas saved!

Quick Canoe Electric Plan, Light, power canoe for trolling motor

Quick Canoe electric is a plywood cargo canoe specifically for an electric trolling motor. 5 to 6mph from a 34lb thrust Minn Kota.

This is a purpose designed low power boat for daytrips and fishing. The plans are $40 and many will be able to build the boat for less than $200.

Video of Quick Canoe in Hungary.

A video of the Quick Canoe in action.

My Agent in Hungary who sells plans in both English and Hungarian has launched the first Quick Canoe in those parts. It is designed as a very simple and easy to build boat. It is not a perfect high performance boat, but the numbers have been worked out to give good performance despite the simple shape. It won’t be as good as the best fibreglass canoe, but it will be better than many average ones. And much cheaper and lighter.

Quick Canoe Precut Ply Kits Available in the USA

John Owen Woodworks in the USA is now producing kits for the Quick Canoe 155.

This boat is designed to be a real alternative to a basic fibreglass canoe, but will be lighter and usually much cheaper.

Some have built one in very few hours.

What I was busy with last week – building a Quick Canoe

I built the Quick Canoe in a day and a half. This is way slower than some of my customers.

It is the first time I have been disappointed building a complete boat this quick.

The risk of high expectations!

But a day and a half with the problems I had is pretty good.