Illustrated Guide to Wood Strip Canoe Building [Hardcover]

Susan Van Leuven (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 1998

Now anyone can make their own, custom-built canoe guaranteed to draw raves on land and water alike. The Illustrated Guide to Wood Strip Canoe Building is a comprehensive, detailed guide to the process of contructing a high-quality wood strip canoe, written especially for the novice boat builder. Sheathed strip boat construction is becoming increasingly popular among both amateur and professional builders. This is a method of producing a light weight, strong, beautiful boat of the sleekest design using materials, tools, and techniques available to the recreational builder. This book offers complete coverage of the procedures and techniques of mold set-up, assembly of the wood strip hull, epoxy resin, and fiberglass application, finishing, and more. All phases of construction are extensively illustrated with color photos and line drawings. For each stage of the building process, a range of alternative methods is presented, enabling the builder to select those which will yield a craft customized to his or her own needs. Source lists for canoe plans, building materials, and tools are included. This book is dedicated to helping the backyard boat builder achieve professional quality results in creating a fine canoe to use and be proud of for years.

Editorial Reviews

Review

Step-by-step photographs in full color and instructions by an author who has both done her homework and builds stripper canoes herself make this an excellent practical manual. -- WoodenBoat, March/April 1999

From the Back Cover

The Illustrated Guide to Wood Strip Canoe Building is a comprehensive, detailed guide to the process of constructing a high-quality wood strip canoe, written especially for the novice boat builder. Sheathed strip boat construction is becoming increasingly popular among both amateur and professional builders. This is a method of producing a lightweight, strong, beautiful boat of the sleekest design using materials, tools, and techniques available to the recreational builder. This book offers complete coverage of the procedures and techniques of mold set-up, assembly of the wood strip hull, epoxy resin and fiberglass application, finishing, and more. All phases of construction are extensively illustrated with color photos and line drawings. For each stage of the building process, a range of alternative methods is presented, enabling the builder to select those which will yield a craft customized to his or her own needs. Source lists for canoe plans, building materials, and tools are included. This book is dedicated to helping the backyard boat builder achieve professional quality results in creating a fine canoe to use and be proud of for years. 160 pages; 489 photos and 67 illustrations.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 192 pages
• Publisher: Schiffer Pub Ltd (September 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0764305379
• ISBN-13: 978-0764305375
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 11.3 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #550,442 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #89 in Books > Sports & Outdoors > Outdoor Recreation > Canoeing

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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Most comprehensive book on strip building, February 2, 2001

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Michael G. Pogue (Ellicott City, MD United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Illustrated Guide to Wood Strip Canoe Building (Hardcover)

I have just completed Mac McCarthy's Wee Lassie using this book. The amount of detail in the book answered all my questions and some of the techniques (like reinforcing the deck with thin marine plywood) was better than using carlins and stripping the deck onto the carlins. I had no trouble building the boat. I built the boat with no staples or nails. Her stapleless building technique was straight forward and easy to do. The most difficult part was beveling the inside stems. I would not bevel the entire stem at once, but bevel as I stripped. The only part of McCarthy's book worth having are the mold patterns for the canoes. This book is the one you need to actually build the canoe.

18 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars An excellent addition to the canoe building literature., August 8, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Illustrated Guide to Wood Strip Canoe Building (Hardcover)

This book has two great features. One is the fantastic color photographs showing the process of building a wood strip canoe. The second is that the author answers questions and gives details of construction that most other authors on the subject gloss over or ignore. The only negatives are the poor quality binding and the tiny size of the print.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent book for the beginning builder, December 14, 2004

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Wilbern L. Dixon - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Illustrated Guide to Wood Strip Canoe Building (Hardcover)

I used this book extensively along with my regular plans book when building my Cosine Wherry. The well done illustrations and explanations helped answer many a question on "how" or "why" do do a particular building task. A highly recommended book.