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Build Your Own Sassafras 12
Location: International Yacht Restoration School - Newport, Rhode Island
Dates: Aug 2, 2009 - Aug 7, 2009
Instructor:
Joey Schott
Tuition & Materials:
Kit Cost: $825
Tuition: $750
Helper Fee (optional, if you'd like to bring friend for the week): $375
Register online at clcboats.com
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Imagine a boat so light that you can put it on your shoulder and stroll casually down a wooded trail, carry it to a hidden lake or stream, or paddle it with almost no effort. That was the idea behind the original "trapper" or "pack" canoes. Chesapeake Light Craft's Sassafras lapstrake canoes carries on the tradition, but with modern building methods.
Though she can be carried, or paddled by a youngster, she'll hold a 255-pound load. The canoe tracks well, is easy to turn, and is stable enough for fishing and camping. Like many traditional canoes, the Sassafras has a symmetrical bow and stern. This allows a solo paddler to sit facing "backward" on the forward seat for better trim. Her slightly rounded hull offers more speed and responsiveness than many of the plastic or 'glass boats you may have paddled. Her hull is slightly rockered - not for maneuvering in whitewater, but rather to reduce wetted surface area - making her almost effortless to paddle.
