Sweet looking canoe there. You will have to show us the finished product.

just would be to much stress for me!!! great talent!!

Beast - This is how I escape the stress of my regular job and trying to raise a 16 year old!

Starting to take shape. Beautiful job, can't wait to see more.
Keep up the Great work.

i hear u!! girl or boy?? how do u plank around them curves without any gaps?? do u glue the strips , if so what kind of glue, if its not a trade secret??

All boy and he's at that age where I owe him everything! Those little strips have a cove and a bead on each edge allowing me to make those curves without gaps. I will try and get a close up photo ot the strips so you can see what I'm talking about.

Beast - here is a shot of the cove and bead detail. These are just glued together with white wood glue, I use Tightbond III glue. As you can see, tight curves might have a ridge at the joint but no gaps. After i'm finished planking, I'll sand the hull to knock down those ridges and it will be smooth before I apply the glass. After fiberglassing, it will be smooth as glass and 100% waterproof. I milled my own lumber, but you can buy the strips ready to plank, just can't buy sinker cypress strips!

man, you are some good, thats really great!! i had 2 girls and believe me, it aint much different, maybe worst!! i wasnt as talented as you, so my stress relief was a few beers, still is, because i have grandkids now!! grandkids, kids, same thing to me, anyway!!! GREAT JOB, cant wait to see the finished product! please keep posting progress!!!

PLanking around bilge and working on closing in the bottom. Hope to have the planking completed this weekend. After that it will be fairing/sanding the outside hull then fiberglassing. So far, it coming out great and no major problems, it's quit enjoyable!! After fiberglassing the outside, i'll pop it off the mold, sand the inside, then glass the inside just as i did the outside.

what weight cloth and how wide and long is the cloth? is the cloth wide and long enuf for the whole canoe or is it strips and u have to overlap it? sorry for all the questions!!!

Beast - The cloth is 6oz. and is in a roll that is 60 inches wide. It will be put on in one piece, inside and out. Drape the cloth over the outside then let it relax for a day, it will actually almost take the shape of the hull. Once the resin wets out the cloth, it will completely take shape without any wrinkles. Thats the plan anyway.

Closing in the bottom. This step has proven to be a challenge but is coming together nicely. Still hope to be finished planking this weekend.

do you put extra cloth on the bottom?

Beast - I'm thinking about adding a keel to the bottom, mainly to protect it against rocks and whatever I might run over. The only problem I have with the keel is that is will make it a little less maneuverable. This canoe doesn't have much rocker built in so it should track straight without the keel and at the same time still be fairly easy to turn. I would love input from all you canoe guys about adding a keel. But to answer your question, only one layer of glass on the bottom (and one on the inside).

That's beautiful. Might be sacrelig, but maybe a strip of kevlar or simular 1/2 inch strip of poly material for the keel. Like that white poly stuff we put on boat trailers to make the boat slide off easier. It looks like cutting board material.