Hey everyone
It's been a long time since my last visit. I see I have a ton of reading to catch up on.
I'm in the need of some canoe building advise, hopping I might find it here.
Back about 20 years ago I bought 3 boards. Yellow poplar they are 18 to 24 inches wide 5/4 thick and all are in the 17 foot range. These boards came from an old house of John Hay. John Hay was a secertary to President Lincoln. That said these boards are approx. 150 years old.
I'm hoping to find a canoe plan from that time frame to build out of these boards. Any ideas as to a place to buy plans, look at plans, etc from that era?
This will be my first boat/canoe building experiance. But I'm a trade carpenter for many years so I know a bit about woodworking. I'm planning on building a cedar strip on the same plan first, then the one out of the popular. Then hopefully a kevlar in the spring.
Thank You
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It's been a long time since my last visit. I see I have a ton of reading to catch up on.
I'm in the need of some canoe building advise, hopping I might find it here.
Back about 20 years ago I bought 3 boards. Yellow poplar they are 18 to 24 inches wide 5/4 thick and all are in the 17 foot range. These boards came from an old house of John Hay. John Hay was a secertary to President Lincoln. That said these boards are approx. 150 years old.
I'm hoping to find a canoe plan from that time frame to build out of these boards. Any ideas as to a place to buy plans, look at plans, etc from that era?
This will be my first boat/canoe building experiance. But I'm a trade carpenter for many years so I know a bit about woodworking. I'm planning on building a cedar strip on the same plan first, then the one out of the popular. Then hopefully a kevlar in the spring.
Thank You
qp