4 Sailing Canoe Plans in Plywood plus an outrigger canoe
4 Sailing Canoe PLANS. Beautiful and excellent performance. Build from plywood. Or a kit to convert your existing canoe or kayak into an outrigger canoe or simple sailing canoe.
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Quick Canoe Plan build in two weekends is light and Pretty
Quick canoe is a 16ft wooden canoe plan in three panels that can be built very fast – It looks like a classic canoe. It hs good stability with excellent weight carrying. It also paddles pretty well for a plywood canoe. The first one took 4.5 hours to build – but thats a Canadian woodworker. I took two weekends.
Tip – boat details – spacing inwale spacers right.
How do I get nice looking intervals for the inwale spacers on my boat? Photos. How many expensive clamps do I need for the job?
The 24ft steam canoe project for the Murray River Lakes
The AMAZING steam canoe project. I designed the hullshape and Roger Baker built it. Strip planked with American Oak trim. One of the most striking boats on the Lower Murray River – or anywhere!
Why I “hate” Boatbuilding.
By simplifying the design, you simplify the build. By eliminating or simplifying processes the build is further simplified. Examples that will make your boat simpler, lighter and better at what it is meant to do.
Drop-in Outrigger Plan for Canoes & Kayaks (some dinghies) Sailing Videos
The drop in outrigger can transform many unstable canoes, narrow dinghies and some kayaks into a stable platform for fishing or diving or convert your boat into a formidable sailing outrigger or trimaran sailing canoe.
How to Lightweight – Balsa Canoe strip planked 12lbs (5.5Kg)
A 12lb canoe. The idea was to build a Rushton Wee Lassie in balsa strip with very light glass. The boat ended up being fairly durable despite not being interested in durability. As far as I was concerned I was going to be happy if it lasted a couple of years before being chucked into a dumpster somewhere. But five years later it was still beautiful despite good use.
Free Plans for Single and Double Paddles, Free Oars and more
Why are these plans FREE? Because I want people to know just how good correctly proportioned touring paddles can be. Most of the paddles sold commercially are based heavily on racing models, which are fine if you are in training and only want to go 500 metres.
Dayboat/Launch 23 plan – trailer a cruising outboard boat
The Dayboat/Launch is 23ft long and intended as a Dayboat or Camp Aboard boat for a small family. It has space for an enclosed toilet. The design is complete drawings for hull but final decisions are left to the builder. It is not step by step instructions like my smaller boats. It cruises at near 8 knots with a 10hp high thrust Yamaha outboard.
Add a Sail to a Canoe or Kayak, A Plan for a Drop-in Sailing Rig
Convert many Canoes, Kayaks and Small dinghies into sailboats with the addition of this one drop in rig. It supports both the mast and a leeboard. Everything can be removed except the mast step allowing the boat to remain uncluttered. I profile two owners who have had the same drop in rig on several different boats each. Sails are available too.
Buy Storer Plans in Australia – Boatcraft Pacific.
Buying plans in Australia has changed. Duck Flat Wooden Boats in Adelaide are no longer my plans agents. We have alternative arrangements for buying plans as books and plans as PDFs. Duck Flat are growing the Boat Restoration and Repair side of their business.
FAQ – Designing and building sailing and paddling canoes. Strip vs Plywood
How sailing and paddling canoe shapes differ.
How traditional canoe designs work really well and a lot of modern ones don’t.
Building a canoe – is ply or cedar strip better?
How to build a lightweight canoe – selection of materials – ply vs strip plank and timber species
Books for canoebuilding.
FAQ – Materials for strip planked boat or canoe in Australia – for lightness and beauty.
Ultralight strip planked boats using Paulownia, Balsa and Western Red Cedar. Superlight Eureka Canoe and Goat Island Skiff and the amazing 12lb balsa canoe
Fixing up old Plywood Boats – Fix leaks and holes, replace bottom in 24 hours, low cost nonskid that works.
All the best material on boat repairs. From restoring old sailing dinghies for racing, fixing holes in canoe, replacing whole hull panels or the neatest and easiest way of doing a really nice texture of nonskid using sugar. And the non skid can be done in paint or varnish
All Videos – Canoes – Paddle Electric Sail
Canoe Video resource. Paddling canoes, Electric canoes, Sailing Canoes. Drop in rigs to make any canoe work as a sailboat. Videos on building, Paddling and sailing canoes
Precut plywood Boat kits for Storer Boats from J o Woodworking USA
Kits for Storer Designed Canoes and the Texas Duck which is an Ozracer derived kit.
Plywood boat building – scarfs or buttstraps
I specify butt straps because they are simpler, faster and have a neat result for amateurs every time. But I do place them in the hull where they won’t affect curvature of the ply. What are their advantages for joining ply compared scarf joints.
LIST of WOODEN BOAT PLANS – By Michael Storer
All our boat plans. Sailing Dinghies, Sailing Canoes, Paddling Canoes, Row boats, Fishing boats, Electric Boats as well as live aboard or camp aboard types.
The Myths of Modern Sailing Boat Performance. Started with Mizzen and speed question
OK … it IS a rant. But it was prompted by the very legitimate question about why have a mizzen sail.
But sadly I descend into a rant about how expense is a really poor predictor of performance.
A UK Agent for Michael Storer Wooden Boat Plans – Fyne Boat Kits
Fyne Boat Kits has an excellent reputation for customer service and quality.
I am happy to announce that they will be gradually phased in as the UK Agents for storerboats kits, plans and materials.