Building Skin-on-Frame Canoes, Step by step

To celebrate the release of our new skin-on-frame canoe building course, I thought I'd put together this visual overview of the whole building process.

Gunwales and upper stringers: red cedar
Keel and lower stringers: Douglas fir
Outwales: Ash
Ribs: White Oak
Skin: 9 oz nylon
Coating: 2 part polyurethane
Mast: Anodized Aluminum
Sail: 4oz Dacron

Larger canoe 11'8" x 28" 18lbs
Smaller canoe 11' x 26 1/2 16lbs

0:00 Introduction
0:11 Buying the wood
0:19 Preparing the gunwales
0:52 Making the stems
1:02 Making the ribs
1:17 Making the stringers
1:26 Building the deck
1:51 Bending in the ribs
2:32 Tying on the stringers
3:09 Finishing the frame
3:24 Sewing on the cloth
4:24 Coating the fabric
4:44 Adding accessories
5:23 Making a sail
6:16 Adding seating and flotation

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