Squareback canoe plans

[hokiefan]

Does anyone know of a good plan for an easy to build squareback canoe? I'm looking for something along the lines of the Cheap Canoe from bateau.com, but could be a more sophisticated design. Thoughts?

Cheers,

Bobby

[Canoez]

Construction type?

[hokiefan]

Construction type?

I had in mind the basic plywood construction of the Cheap Canoe, really more of a pirogue. But I'm not really limited to that. Looking for good options at the moment. I could always stretch a Cheap Canoe and add a small transom, but a proven design would probably be a better place to start.

Thanks,

Bobby

[Paul Pless]

http://www.robbwhite.com/i/boatfinished1.jpg

http://www.robbwhite.com/sportboat.html

[null]

I built the DK15 which kinda acts like a wide square stern:http://www.boatplans.dk/boat_plans.asp?id=1
http://images5b.snapfish.com/232323232%7Ffp63283%3Enu%3D333%3B%3E278%3E%3B39%3E WSNRCG%3D3465%3C56546337nu0mrj

But I also really like the looks of the Lutra Laker:
http://www.duckworksbbs.com/plans/nichols/laker/index.htm
http://www.duckworksbbs.com/plans/nichols/laker/laker-4.jpg

Chris

[James McMullen]

How about a Redmond Whisp (http://www.sredmond.com/index_boat.htm)? That's essentially a squareback canoe built sharpie style. I thought it was a spectacularly easy boat to build for its looks, and mine came out super light weight--under 70 lbs as I recall.

http://www.woodworkforums.com/attachments/f32/26187d1152511442-steve-redmonds-whisp-whisp_a.jpg

[Canoez]

Selway-Fisher (http://www.selway-fisher.com/Canoes.htm) has some designs that would probably appeal to you.

Seems to me that the English designers of canoes tend to produce for tack-and-tape or stitch-and-glue methods. They should be fast builds, I would think.

Don't know much about JEM watercraft (http://www.jemwatercraft.com/proddetail.php?prod=Muskoka), but they have one on offer...

[Cuyahoga Chuck]

I had in mind the basic plywood construction of the Cheap Canoe, really more of a pirogue. But I'm not really limited to that. Looking for good options at the moment. I could always stretch a Cheap Canoe and add a small transom, but a proven design would probably be a better place to start.

Thanks,

Bobby

The Cheap Canoe has already been stretched. It's called a Nice Canoe and the plans are $10. It's 15' 10" so a truncated end would leave you with considerable length. The big problem is canoes with very small transoms don't have the stern displacement to support the smallest HP motors which aren't particularly small any more and have way too much power for the application.
The only S&G hull I could find that was specifically designed for a very small motor is the Honker which isn't much like a pirogue and would be much more complicated and expensive to build. But a pretty little boat.

[JimD]

Selway-Fisher (http://www.selway-fisher.com/Canoes.htm) has some designs that would probably appeal to you.

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Someone did a good job on this one:

http://www.selway-fisher.com/OB12p4.jpg

[hokiefan]

The Cheap Canoe has already been stretched. It's called a Nice Canoe and the plans are $10. It's 15' 10" so a truncated end would leave you with considerable length. The big problem is canoes with very small transoms don't have the stern displacement to support the smallest HP motors which aren't particularly small any more and have way too much power for the application.
The only S&G hull I could find that was specifically designed for a very small motor is the Honker which isn't much like a pirogue and would be much more complicated and expensive to build. But a pretty little boat.

Somewhere along the way I've picked up the plans for the Nice Canoe. Thats where I would start if I do it myself. Figured if I opened up the stern for a transom it might be OK. Let the curve of the side go where it wants, then cut the bottom to fit. That part is no big deal. If I can convince the end user to use a trolling motor, I'm not worried about over-powering or overloading the stern. If they insist on a small outboard I'm more inclined to push for a more complicated but proven design.

I'm aiming for a dead simple construction because they want to build it with my guidance but they've done no boat construction. And while I don't mind learning a new method on the fly for my consumption, I don't want to do that in a teaching situation.:D

Will be educational no matter how it works out.

Cheers,

Bobby