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    Quote Originally Posted by BruceB View Post
    What a co-incidence!

    You see that brown house on the skyline behind the canoe?

    I (personally) BUILT THAT HOUSE!

    We lived there from about '75 to '82, after which we built a bigger and more-remote home about twenty miles out in the bush, on another pleasant lake-shore.

    Note how tiny and sparse the trees are? The northern limit of trees is only a few miles to the north.

    The photo is taken in the Old Town area of Yellowknife, where there are many float-plane bases. The water is part of Yellowknife Bay, on Great Slave's north shore. 9.3 Al, NVCurmudgeon, my two brothers and I, departed by Twin Otter from that very dock in 2010, en route to a week's fishing at a lodge forty miles to the east.

    Because Yellowknife was originally largely supplied by barges from Hay River, on the south side of Great Slave, the early settling of the town was close to the water.... starting back around the 1920s.

    No road reached Yellowknife until the early 1960s, so the lake was extremely important. Cat trains hauled freight and supplies across Great Slave in winter, with bulldozers towing strings of sled-mounted "cabooses" over that 130-plus miles of ice.

    Open water at our "lake house" only extended from early June to late September... the rest of the time, it was frozen. Ergo, the boating season was SHORT!

    The "canoe" you pictured is closer to a "boat" than most of the big freighters I was thinking of. Still, it gives a good idea of what "canoe construction" can do, when applied to larger craft.

    Adventurous times!

    I had to come look at this again Bruce.

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    Quote Originally Posted by DUKE NUKEM View Post
    Did you decide?
    Still going back and fourth. Was just reading through canoecraft again. I want something versatile. I want something for day trips with the little lady and something I can use for a solo fishing trip.

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    Duke,
    What have you decided on? You always have interesting projects and do a fantastic job with them something like this, you just have to start the project sooner rather than later.

    I am in the middle of working on a Cedar Strip Kayak, the bottom is striped and the topside is coming along slowly. Attached is a picture. Purists will say a cedar strip kayak is nothing like the project you have planned, but they are both small boats made from wood so I thought I would post up a picture.
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    Thanks for sharing Steve. Also thanks for the kind words.
    Can you keep us updated on your build.
    We decided on, and remember this is a fantasy build, 4 24 foot square stern canoes and 4 20 foot traditional canoes for a build.
    For the square stern freighters were looking at 50 HP El Cheapo Craigslist boat motors circa 1980-2000 and some rebuild kits along with a new paint job. A 1940-1950 Evinrude Brown paint job sounds nice.
    Last edited by Just Duke; 05-19-2014 at 03:33 PM.

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    The Scott canoes are fairly popular up here. We have a guy that is just getting started building some similar freighters in anchorage, as the freight is pretty tough getting the scotts to white horse, then you have to pick them up there. They are super nice for heavy loads though.

    The 19 foot grumman freighters were big sellers up here until they started making them out of thinner aluminum. I understand they have gone back to the thicker aluminum, bu there are no dealers up here anymore. There are still a lot of the older ones around, my buddy has one, with a ******* lift and a 15 horse, mine is an ooooold loweline also with a lift and a 15 horse. these will go in skinnier water than the scotts (not by much) and are a little easier if you have to portage or more common get out and drag them.

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    Boating!!!!!!

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    For anyone with cad experience ever those with patience... There is an amazing program for designing your own cedar strip kayak at:

    http://www.blueheronkayaks.com/kayak...e/software.htm

    I used the program several years ago (2008-2010) to design and build something half way between a stand up paddle board and a kayak for night fishing around docks here in the summer. A good friend also used it to build two he rafted together to make a very impressive duck blind that one person can load and unload into the back of his truck easily.

    The program allows you to print patterns for on your strong-back. It also calculates everything you would ever want to know about the hydrodynamics of your design. There is also a related forum for anybody that needs help or ideas.

    A definite 5 star recommendation.

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    I would like to spend my golden years building canoes and dog sleds. Well, dog sleds again.

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    Quote Originally Posted by DUKE NUKEM View Post
    I would like to spend my golden years building canoes and dog sleds. Well, dog sleds again.
    Are you feeling good again?

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    Quote Originally Posted by 6bg6ga View Post
    Are you feeling good again?

    Yes sir I'm back to normal finally.

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    This is a freighter sled for towing across-ed vast open areas.


    They made a few mistakes on this build. They needed better guidance.

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    Good to see you back Duke.
    i could use a sled like that when I ice fish in January up in Michigan. Unfortunately, my genuine SW Ohio mutt is not too much of a sled dog.

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    My tutelage comes from Ed Moody that was a musher with Admiral Bird on the North Pole Expedition. I built mine without the big O in the back staves.
    He was an Ash Steam Bender also.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Pb2au View Post
    Good to see you back Duke.
    i could use a sled like that when I ice fish in January up in Michigan. Unfortunately, my genuine SW Ohio mutt is not too much of a sled dog.
    Samoyed's are easy keepers and don't eat much. They are real sociable.

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    These are the ones that I build.

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    Awesome thread. How ever I will stick to making old school duck boats. I'm working on a new design right now, hopefully it will be done in time for the season.
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    Came across these submissions at the Del Mar Fair, Del Mar Fairgrounds, CA June 2014



    I did not realize the Information Plaques stating the artist/crafter information did not end up in the photos on the memory card, my apologies to the crafters.
    Thought you guys might be able to appreciate the craftsmanship. (The cards also held materials details)
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    Duke, you can do it. My dad likes to build strip canoes for fun, CA is dry, it wont split. Use good glue (titebond III). He uses pine and redwood stripped approx. .25x.5". The canoes are pretty small, but they track as straight as the center strip is laid. The weight is incredibly light until the fiberglass goes on. Single layer on the outside to seal the wood and make it durable. Weave gets filled, that's where the weight is. Marine grade epoxy, use medium cure, that's the clear stuff. Then the varnish coat on the outside gives it the UV protectant. Finish like a gun stock. A few layers of varnish give protection and matte finish. 12+ coats make it shine.

    A quarter of the work is in that varnish. A quarter of the work is in the glassing. A quarter of the work is in the strip work. And one quarter of the work is building a good strongback.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Whiterabbit View Post
    Duke, you can do it. My dad likes to build strip canoes for fun, CA is dry, it wont split. Use good glue (titebond III). He uses pine and redwood stripped approx. .25x.5". The canoes are pretty small, but they track as straight as the center strip is laid. The weight is incredibly light until the fiberglass goes on. Single layer on the outside to seal the wood and make it durable. Weave gets filled, that's where the weight is. Marine grade epoxy, use medium cure, that's the clear stuff. Then the varnish coat on the outside gives it the UV protectant. Finish like a gun stock. A few layers of varnish give protection and matte finish. 12+ coats make it shine.

    A quarter of the work is in that varnish. A quarter of the work is in the glassing. A quarter of the work is in the strip work. And one quarter of the work is building a good strongback.

    My garage runs 140 degrees so it won't work while I'm still here. I also would have no where to take them. Thanks though.

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