The Bear Mountain Boat Shop

Hello,
I built a Ranger last year and it is made of pine (Pinus sylvestris). I found it quite easy to work with and like the end result.

maybe this is what you're looking for:
http://www.shawnwaite.com/canoe/large.cfm?id=504

Sorry about that.

I have now made a photobucket account. Hopefully you can see the pictures.


Indrek

I just finished my ranger and thought i might share some pictures of the canoe. The hull is made of pine, gunwales are birch, seats and yoke are oak. It still needs varnishing but I have a long winter ahead of me. It just has to be varnished by spring. I hope to get some detail pictures as well to p...

Thank you Bassbug. I will go with these measurements and adjust them when I have to.


Glen,

I understand the copywright problems and respect them. I will try to scale the seat locations from Canoecraft and see, what happens.


Anyway,

Thank you again
Indrek

Hi, Can someone please tell me the seat locations for ranger according to the plans. I lofted the plans for my Ranger from Canoecraft and I'm getting close to finishing it. The only problem is, that i don't know, where to hang the seats. I'll post some pictures of the progress later... Thank you, In...

Hi, I'm building a Prospector Ranger and so far I have cut out the strongback pieces, station molds, finished the yoke and almost the seats. I havent quite figured out yet what to use to cover the seats with, but it is not that importatnt yet. I'm also waiting for the lumber. I'm planning to use asp...

Thank you for your advice.
Will definately try that out


Indrek

Hi! I wanted to buy some some strip material for my ranger, but I have a little problem: seems, that it is almost impossible to find lumber, that is clear and knot free. Since the ranger is 15 feet long, I should have to butt-joint all the planks together. Question is that will the canoe be still st...

Hi!

I'm about to build a 15 foot Ranger and i would like to know if anybody has built it and how good of a canoe it is. Also any pointers on building it would be most welcome.

Thanks,
Indrek