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Can anyone help me identify this boat? It's about 14 feet long, I'm not sure of the beam but it looks like about 3 feet. It seems to be made of three pieces of 1/4 inch plywood with one frame amidships. There are no thwarts, no oar locks, no floatation chambers. Both ends are exactly the same. It is at an estate sale and I doubt the little old lady who lived there built it. It doesn't look like it has ever been in the water.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/mxfurwil9jzsr9e/2013-10-26%2018.09.32.jpg
5 replies:
RE: Unknown stitch and glue boat
Looks to me like one of a number of so-called "weekend canoes" -- pirogue-type boats that will get you out on the water in minimum style with minimum work and minimum expense. Here are a couple of videos:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=varwW9Yo7OE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MwcK5_XqsDU
Jim
RE: Unknown stitch and glue boat
One more thing: most of these are not stitch and glue -- rather they tend to be screw and glue, generally using sheetrock screws. Think cheap.
RE: Unknown stitch and glue boat
That's definitely a "Six Hour Canoe." They could be built either with chine logs or stitch-and-glue style. The "Peace Canoe" is a distant relation.
RE: Unknown stitch and glue boat
The Peace Canoe must be a very very distant relation. It was in no way near the quality of anything produced by CLC. It has a relatively narrow bottom suggesting low freeboard when carrying an adult. I guess that must be one reason it had never been used and aparantly it may never be as they were asking $700 and no one was interested. Just goes to show what a bargain CLC kits are.
RE: Unknown stitch and glue boat
» Submitted by Laszlo - Sat, 10/26/13 » 7:58 PM
Picture's a little small, but it looks like a cross between a dory and a pirogue. Looks like the best way to paddle it is kneeling. It's probably tippy at first, then as it leans it'll get more stable.
Laszlo