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There have been a few canoe like objects put up on instructables but this one is really a pirougue- or flat bottom canoe. There is actually a lot of theory on boats like this one but the basic idea is you take two planks, stick them together at the ends with a frame or two in the middle, fill in the hole in the bottom with another plank and then add decks and thwarts and yokes and outriggers and sails and whatever else you feel like. This boat is made from one sheet of 4mm marine ply for the sides, one sheet of 6mm marine ply, for the bottom and some sticks, firbreglass and epoxy to stop the thing from falling apart and to give yourself somewhere moderately comfortable to sit.

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Most of the layout for this example comes from free sources on the web which I will include reference to where I deem I feel like it. but the main one is the lazy 1 de 20 weekend canoe from the Toledo Community Boathouse http://www.toledocommunityboathouse.com/plans.htm

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In this layout it is best propelled by two people with one ended paddles paddling one side each. A two ended paddle could be used but to clear the sides easily you might need to make an extra long one. "Real" two ended paddlers will fit the length of the paddle to the person rather than the boat, which is fine till you are paddling something too wide for how you are tall. More on this after water trials. If you like this instructables don't forget to vote for it in the contests. This is the perfect boat to use for your uke'n'paddle. http://www.instructables.com/id/Ukenpaddle

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Step 1: Buy some plywood

Buying plywood is one of the trickiest steps: Marine plywood should be OK but sometimes isn't; Exterior or structural plywood should be kind of OK but may have some bits that may require patching later (voids)and may not be as pretty and may have a good and a bad side; Interior or - non-structural plywood is probably not to be trusted. Plywood also comes graded by the faces A = A really excellent face B = Nice but might be small imperfections C = Could be better - small filled holes allowable D = Don't go there girlfriend, or Decorative. AA is usually sold as marine ply. ACX or BCX (with the X standing for exterior) has frequently been used for making boats

My plywood was 2440 by 1220 mm, which is so close to 8 foot by 4 foot given my accuracy we may as well call them 8 by 4 sheets.

Step 2: CAD - Cardboard aided design

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Download (/id/Simple-canoe/?download=pdf) (/id/Simple-canoe/) 16 Steps Take two (scale) 8 by 4 sheets (mine are one mm to the inch) cut one into 4 equal strips to make the sides. Cut the other one on an even diagonal to make the bottom and make your test model. - read ahead for dimensions . + Collection Contest Entry in: Favorite

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This little cardboard model is showing me how I will be happy with the bottom being 32 inches wide using one sheet of cardboard (I mean plywood) cut on the diagonal.
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Not much to this - cut the sheet of plywood for the sides in half , stack them on top of each other cut in half again stack these on top and cut a 4 inch diagonal off the end of all 4 at once. Any length around 4 - 12 inches will give you a workable boat, the more you take off (/files/deriv/FPW/XE0B/HPARX172/FPWXE0BHPARX172.LARGE.jpg) the more your boat will turn in (and as a consequence up) at the ends. If your plywood has a good side and a bad side make sure you lay them so you can make a boat with all the good side facing either in side or outside. Join them in the middle using your favoured plywood joining method. I used a Bolger/ Payson fibreglass joint where wet fibreglass is lain on the floor on top of 4 de 20 a (/files/deriv/FIB/OW2I/HPAOYA5A/FIBOW2IHPAOYA5A.LARGE.jpg) sheet of baking paper on top of a sheet of plastic on top of a piece of carpet. I have never had it happen to me but I am assuming that having plywood epoxied

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After much fiddling about I cut a diagonal in the sheet of plywood starting from about six inches in from the corner along the short side to about six inches from the opposite corner, or thereabouts. Then join the two pieces in the middle 5 de 20 using a suitable join - if making a butt join try and make it central and allow for clearance at the sides.

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Step 5: Make a central frame (and possibly some end ones)

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Make a mid form There is a little bit of math here that kind of gives you your rocker, or the amount of curve in the bottom and top of the boat. All of this is far better explained in http://www.duckworksmagazine.com/01/articles/boatbuilding/2/part2.htm Here is my condensed explanation. Because we assume that the side of the boat is a cylindrical section, the outside corner points of the panel when viewed from front on is considered a right angle and we can square some hippos or something to work out that if the side panel is 12 inches and we want to make a boat with a 32 inch wide bottom and give ourselves 5 inches of rocker, Mr Pythagoras tells us that if we want the height from the bottom to be 5 and the other side is 16 (half of 32) then the hippo side is the square root of 5 squared plus 16 squared which is 16.763 inches and that 12 times 5 divided by 16.763 gives us the extra wide we need at the top to make our bottom go up 5 at the ends, which is a tad over three and a half inches. I am going to call it three and a half because I know this is that fancy book learning that gets you into trouble and makes your head hurt and wood also forms cones and parabolic splines as well as cylinders and never goes where you tell it anyway. Why 5? Simple because I dummied up something similar in the hulls program and that is what it told me I kind of needed for something about this size so the 6 de 20 stems would just kiss the water with 500 lb aboard evenly distributed. 5 inches is also conveniently about the width of a standard house brick/paver. The lazy

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Download (/id/Simple-canoe/?download=pdf) (/id/Simple-canoe/) 16 Steps This frame is made from two bits of scrap wood attached to a piece of Styrofoam that I had laying around. Cardboard would have been just as good, if not better. In case you missed the maths and jumped to the end- it is 32 inches across the bottom and each end is three and a half inches longer than the bottom making 32 + 7 = 39 inches. Make sure the angles on both sides are the same. + Collection Contest Entry in: Favorite

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Step 6: Join the sides to the frame(s) and join sides at ends
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Join the sides to the frame(s) and join sides at ends. Depending on how you are making the boat the frames might be temporary like mine is or more permanent. Stitching or duct taping the ends together in preparation for filleting and fiberglass is acceptable but I chose the stem method, measuring the angle with my bevel guage to be carved with my plane. Those with a table saw to do such things can dial in about 40 degrees (or a couple of passes at 20 degrees). My stems stuck out a little way top and bottom initially and were glued in with titebond3 and stainless steel screws (an Aldi bulk buy).
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Step 7: Add the gunwales (strips of wood along top)

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Step 8: Bung the top on the bottom.

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A number of plans or ways of building boats and canoes have acurately laid out panels stitched together in accurate layout patterns or have solid frames arranged around something called a strongback. Because I had a degree of laziness and an accurate pair of pavers I used something I call a flat floor. Between the flat floor and the bottom panel I arranged spacers to maintain the curve of the floor panel to match the curve of the bottom edge of the side panels. you can use just about anything for this from the dried shrivelled hearts of your enemies to a roll of really soft toilet paper. I used two accurate 5 inch wide pavers for each end, some random scraps of 2 by 4 and 2 by 1, some empty creme caramel containers and a roll of really soft toilet paper. - Always have a roll of really soft toilet paper in your workshop. When you are happy with the evenness of the sides and the gracefulness of the curves of your boat tack glue the bottom in place - I used the epoxy I was going to use in the end but I have heard of people using everything from 5 minute epoxy to hot glue to drywall screws to hold things in place. Having a center line on the floor and on the frame helps keep everything lined up. Once everything was firmly stuck together I removed that bottom brace and broke out some of that polystyrene, leaving the top brace in place for the moment.

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Now we have a nice open clean line we can add filler to our epoxy, make a smooth 1/2 inch radius fillet along the bottom edge and fibreglass over the top. I used epoxy but Bondo and polyester resin are probably acceptable for a boat of this ilk. After I glassed it I noticed the left and right sides were not quite as even as I thought. Nevermind this will probably make it tend to turn in one direction or another, making it easier to do a J stroke ;)

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Step 10: Flip over and trim off the excess.

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Now we flip it over and trim off the excess. I tried using a flush cut saw attatchment, on my multi-tool but that was too slow so I tried a manual flush cut saw which I can not get to go parallel for me. I then noticed the plywood was 6mm, so I resorted to my router to which I attached a 1/4 inch roundover bit (/files/deriv/FM7/5BVO/HPARX187/FM75BVOHPARX187.LARGE.jpg) (=6.4mm) which worked really really well - untill the melting epoxy got into the 12 de guide 20 bearing and it burned out, creating a small mess. A 10mm roundover bit was then resorted to and the edges were then cleaned up with a plane and

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A jig saw with the base tilted to about 30 degrees so it did not hit the side of the Download (/id/Simple-canoe/?download=pdf) (/id/Simple-canoe/) Steps boat would also have worked nicely and perhaps not created as 16 much sawdust.

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Due to the mishap with the router a bit more epoxy with filler was required but apart from those places the epoxy went on the sides swimmingly, which is more than I can say for the stems, which were decidedly messy

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Glue and clamp down a keel strip- put some screws through the bottom to make it clamp to the floor more evenly. Remembering to have a center line was a big bonus here.

Step 13: Add front and rear decks and bracing

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Now we re-use the offcuts from the sides to make the front and rear decks. We first use the offcuts to mark the largest area we can cover then we start fitting angles. This is a lot easier than it might look to the layman. Firstly the angle of the top is drawn in by having the piece of wood upside down. we then flip it over and draw the angle of the side up, using a simple strait edge. Align your saw to both angles and presto - a neatly fitted piece of wood. Because we used epoxy a bit of leeway is acceptable and the piece of masking tape was all the clamping pressure we needed to hold it in place. At the bow (front end) I am putting a bit more reinforcing to take a tow bar so I can tow it behind a bike. and as a strap down point.
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The side seat supports are ten inches apart and the front of the aft seat starts 36 inches back from the center and the rear of the front seat starts 28 inches from the center. I took these measurements and layout from the lazy weekend canoe. There are formulas for working out the spacing of canoe seats if you have the weight of your intended occupants and if you have the inclination, feel free to Google them.

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Step 16: Sand and paint before putting in the water

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The West Mersey Duck punt is a sail

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This makes it a one person laying down sail boat which means it does not carry as much weight so needs less rocker so the sides are more vertical but by my reading that is about all the difference in the hull. There are great plans available for them with thole pins and old style home build-able sail configuration or Mik Storer's drop in rig http://www.storerboatplans.com /Canoebits/KayakRig.html

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Sailing canoes of this size looks to me like a great way to have fun in as well as on the water. Add outriggers and lots of reserve buoyancy as well if you feel the need for safety.

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!f you have plans for a stand up paddleboard that would be an awesome share!
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I have not made one personally but

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8 there are people who have used the (/member kayak foundry software to generate /titchtheclown/)

forms for building using strip build techniques, which is a step above what I have done. Check out their forum for a few examples. http://www.blueheronkayaks.com /phpBB2/index.php Alternatively I have heard of things as simple as a long box with a slight bit of rocker put into the bottom being built and used.

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Great instructable indeed. i've made a portuguese Style dinghy but i didnt finish the paint job eigther so i didnt share it yet. Your instructable gave me courage and i'll share it anyway. i was planning to make a simple canoe as a winter/indoor project which Will be ready for the coming spring and whole summer of course.

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This instructable would be very helpful. Thanks... Simple canoe

Simple canoe

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You have a great deal of courage to this project. Thank you for sharing it with us & have a Merry Christmas.

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Beautiful boat! Thank you for sharing this!

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