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A yellow canoe contains three people wearing life jackets; they are paddling on a calm lake. Surrounding are grassy banks, green reeds, and a tree-lined shoreline in the distance.
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Readers’ Projects, Issue 9

By: Epoxyworks Community

Spring 1997

Cedar and Cherry Strip Canoe

This cedar and cherry strip canoe was built by Rex Southwell of Port Charlotte, Florida.

Ted Moores-Designed English #20 strip canoe

Wooden canoe rests on a calm lake, bow angled toward the foreground. Inside are benches and gear. Surrounding are green hills and a forested shore with buildings in the distance.
This Ted Moores-Designed English #20 strip canoe is 16′ with a 30″ beam. Builder Barry Beals of Gaithersburg, Maryland, used Sitka spruce, mahogany, and ash. His boat features cherry hand-caned seats and carrying yolk.

Apple Wood Table

Rustic wooden table with thick, curved legs and a worn rectangular top. It sits on snow in bright daylight, outdoors in a wintry landscape.
This apple wood table is another creative accomplishment by furniture make Robby Porter of Adamant, Vermont,

22′ Sailing/Rowing Modified Peapod named SALSA

A wooden rowboat rests on a rocky shore, hull gleaming in sunlight. Inside are blue seats; oars lie across. The calm harbor with moored boats forms the backdrop.
Jean- Yves Poirier of Atyre, France, built SALSA, a 22′ sailing/rowing modified peapod strip canoe with furling jib on bi-pod folding mast. He used strip planking and WEST SYSTEM Epoxy.

16′ Micmac from The Strippers Guide to Canoe Building

A wooden canoe rests on two short supports, elevated off the ground. It sits in an outdoor yard with a chain-link fence, gravel, and a green tarp-covered object nearby.
Harry Molz of Perry, Georgia, used basswood and walnut trim to build this 16′ Micmac strip canoe from The Strippers Guide to Canoe Building by Daven Hazue.

19’6″ Sea Kayak

A white double-kayak with blue accents lies on grass in a forest clearing. The two open cockpit hatches face upward, indicating it is idle and ready for use.
Ray and Jenny Jardine of LaPine, Oregon, designed and built this 19’6″ sea kayak with an all-up weight of 53 pounds. They used Kevlar and carbon fiber impregnated with WEST SYSTEM Epoxy.

DN Ice Boat Trailer

A large yellow rectangular box sits on a small trailer parked on a residential street; a trailer hitch and wheels are visible, with green trees and houses in the background.
Randy Rogoski of North Muskegon, Michigan, designed and built this trailer. Its easily transports two DN iceboats and their gear.

 

Ted Moores-Designed Redbird Canoe

An elongated curved wooden boat hull lies on a grassy yard beside a weathered blue shed, with a fence and trees in the background.
David Abbot of Detroit, Michigan, built this Ted Moores-Designed Redbird strip canoe using red cedar, WEST SYSTEM Epoxy, and fiberglass. The canoe measures 17′ 6″.

WOOD DUCK

A white motorboat on a pink trailer is parked on a paved lot by a lake. A man stands beside it, leaning on the boat; leafless trees line the background.
Leigh and Carol Melvin of Hickory Corners, Michigan, used the stitch-and-glue method to built WOOD DUCK, a 16′ 6” Glen L cabin skiff. They modified the plans above the deck, lowering the cabin and the windshield height. Material included Douglas fir marine plywood, mahogany, and some walnut.

16′ stitch-and-glue trimaran

Object: a yellow pedal boat. Action: a person wearing a life jacket sits in the boat, steering or paddling. Context: calm water with a shoreline and buildings in the background.
Ken Miller, who lives in San Francisco and works in Sausalito, commutes on the scenic San Francisco Bay aboard CHARLOTTE, the 16′ trimaran he designed and built with plywood using the stitch and glue method.

11’6″ skiff Made of cedar strips and WEST SYSTEM Epoxy.

Wooden rowboat rests on a cradle in a grassy backyard. The varnished hull curves along the bow and stern. Trees, a birdbath, and a shed are visible in the background.
E.A. Stairs of Qualicum Beach, British Columbia, used cedar stripes and WEST SYSTEM Epoxy to build this 11’6″ skiff.

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