Wee Lassie or small Micmac?

[cs]

My daughter is wanting me to build her a canoe. She is only 9 years old and small for her age. This weekend I pointed out the Wee Lassie in launchings of WB and she seemed to like it.

Now I got to thinking and what about this, since I already have "The Stripper's Guide to Canoe-Building", that I may be able to take the Micmac and scale it down to around say 11' or 12' and build that for her. Or would she be better off with the Wee Lassie?

Chad

[NormMessinger]

I made our granddaughter, Charlia, a Wee Lassie from lines I bought from the Adarondack (sp.?) Museum. It is a dandy little boat which gets my vote for your daughter. Scaling down will give you an unproven design. Charlia's Wee Lassie is glued lapstrake which may be a little more work than a stripper.

--Norm

[cs]

Norm, I was thinking of McCarthy's Wee Lassie and it is strip built, although doing a lapstrake would give me a shot at another building style.

Chad

[NormMessinger]

Right, Chad. I figured as how. However the little Rushton Wee Lassie is one sweet little canoe. All you get from the Museum for a very few dollars is a sheet of lines and offsets but what more does one need?

--Norm

[180]

I'm building a Wee Lassie. I'm currently on the 25th out of what will end up being about 60 strips. The featherweight boatbuilding book as well as this forum has been an excellent resource. The only real problem that I have had is finding good clear western red cedar to make the strips out of. Consider redwood and sassafras. The proportions of the Wee Lassie look really good. Other alternative boats that I considered building were the Wee Lassie II, the Sassafras (Lapstrake) and the Sweet Dream (Tortured Plywood). I may still may build the Sassafras. There is also the 6 hour canoe. If I build another cedar strip canoe, it will probably be the "Bob's Special"... :D

[John A. Campbell]

If you are certain that a strip-built canoe is the way to go, you probably won't be interested in this but.....I recently completed Tom Hill's "Charlotte" 11' 6" ultralight lapstrake canoe and have really enjoyed it. She weighs only 30 pounds, is extremely stable, and looks great on the water. I have 5 grandchildren and plan to build one for each of them as they approach the ripe old age of 10. Tom's plans are $75 per set and for each additional canoe beyond the first one, he charges a fee of $20.

[180]

Can I be your long lost grand son?
:rolleyes:

[John A. Campbell]

Yep, you've got only 3 ahead of you.....ages 4 mos., 2 years, and 8 years.....take a number!! Then the granddaughters (2 years, 6 years) will REALLY get ticked off!!

[180]

I have 3 sons, ages 1, 3, and 5, that want me to build them Wee Lassie's when I get done with mine. I mean "Our" Wee Lassie...

Good Luck with your project(s). smile.gif

[Meerkat]

And then there is this:

War Canoe! (http://www.smallboats.com/boats_warcanoe.htm)

[cs]

Thanks for all the advice. I will probably break down and buy the featherweight boat building book. Does it have enough info to build the boat without having to know how to loft? Norm that would be a problem for me, being as I don't know how to loft yet. I plan on getting a book on lofting.

I'm not married to strip building and will at some future time build with other methods, but I am tired of S&G.

Chad

[Wild Dingo]

Chad... get the book! It covers everything pretty completely... eerrr your not an architect are you?? :D

Macs a great fella too so dont hessitate to email him! mac's site (http://www.feathercanoes.com) very basic stuff here but well its got his email address!! :rolleyes:

Go for it mate... get the book and good luck!!... Im gettin there Im gettin there! If everything would just flamin well settle down around here I may just get some more done! :mad:

Take it easy
Shane