Canoecraft: An Illustrated Guide to Fine Woodstrip Construction

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Reviews of previous edition:

An excellent definitive book… something you must read if you are going to build a woodstrip canoe.
— Canoeist

If you want to build a strip-plank canoe or kayak, Canoecraft is the book to buy… A very comprehensive boatbuilding book and highly recommended.
— Water Craft

A Woodworking Magazine Top 40 Book

Now revised and expanded with 32 pages of color and an updated resources section, this 70,000-copy international bestseller, known as the ‘Bible of canoe building’ is back, bigger and better than ever.

Ted Moores is a master builder of woodstrip/epoxy canoes. Over four decades teaching wooden-boat construction, he discovered that the same dream motivates all of his students, no matter their age: to build something beautiful and functional.

Canoecraft is the road map to that dream. Moores offers comprehensive instructions for the first-time builder, and for the second-time builder. He adds a variety of canoe plans, each presented as a traditional table of offsets. There is also a series of builder’s tips and techniques, and an entire chapter on carving a paddle, the perfect accompaniment to a handcrafted canoe.

Whether the goal is to build a general-purpose recreational canoe, or an efficient modern tripping canoe, or a full-decked fast-cruising canoe with walnut veneer, Canoecraft is the ideal guide to making it happen successfully.

From the Publisher

The second edition of a classic

Ted Moores’ best-selling guide to canoe building is bigger and better than ever. Completely revised and expanded to include five new designs and dozens of additional photographs, Canoecraft also features a chapter on carving a paddle and a series of insider’s tips and techniques that will make the experience of building a canoe even more satisfying. This second edition will ensure Canoecraft’s continued place in the workshops of boat lovers and amateur builders everywhere.

Testimonials

Nick Offerman

I can say without hyperbole that Ted’s book had changed my life for the better… Building this first Nomad, named Huckleberry, turned out to be one of the most profoundly satisfying notches I have ever added to my belt… Ted stated that my work was exquisite and I literally burst into tears. I managed not to sob, but only just…

If you would start a canoe build using the guidance of Ted’s years of experience and teaching acumen, and you would then finish that canoe, Ted would say the same thing to you, and so would [his partner] Joan and so would I. Your boat, too, shall be exquisite. If you try your level best, and she floats, then by god you have done it right. The only craft more beautiful than the one you have just launched is the next one coming down the chute.

Van Evans

My wife and I wanted a canoe that would handle and paddle as great as it looked. I discovered Bear Mountain Boats and Canoecraft by Ted Moores. I had found my “Bible.”

Thanks to Canoecraft, my constant companion and reference, the construction process was not daunting. At the beginning I was a hobby woodworker with moderate skills. By the end of this nine-month process I was a wiser, more skilled woodworker. The result was a beautiful canoe.

Stuart Reid

What Canadian outdoors enthusiast frequenting the backwoods of Algonquin Provincial Park doesn’t want to be sporting their very own cedarstrip canoe across the many windswept lakes and portages? It was that mindset that inspired the creation of our beloved 16-foot cedarstrip Prospector borne out of Ted Moores’ Canoecraft bible.

We have since taken it on many an adventure, trip and portage in eastern Ontario and the United States. No matter where we go, our canoe is always the center of attention and endless questions of interest. Our adventure partners always joke that extra time needs to be planned to accommodate the inevitable delays for admirers. Through it all, we have enjoyed our fair share of adventures in the comfort and beauty of our chestnut Prospector. It is our own, homemade, masterpiece of watercraft construction that will last us a lifetime.

About the author

Ted Moores operates the Bear Mountain Boat Shop in the Peterborough area of Ontario with his partner Joan Barrett. In 1972, Ted pioneered the woodstrip/ epoxy boatbuilding system for canoes and, since then, has promoted the fine art of wooden canoe and kayak construction. During the past 25 years, the company has built or restored hundreds of mahogany runabouts, vintage canoes and small watercraft from elegant one-off designs to the fastest C4 and C15 sprint racing canoes on the water. Ted and Joan are active volunteers for the Canadian Canoe Museum in Peterborough, where they have developed a woodworking and restoration shop. Ted teaches kayak- and canoebuilding classes throughout North America. He is also author of Kayakcraft and Kayaks You Can Build. He also contributed a chapter on the manufacturing of canoes in the book The Canoe: A Living Tradition, published by Firefly Books Ltd.

ASIN ‏ : ‎ 1552093425
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Firefly Books; Revised & enlarged edition (November 15, 2007)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 240 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 9781552093429
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1552093429
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.6 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 10.75 x 0.5 x 8 inches