15' 0" Prospector Ranger
- Ed Houston
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- Joined: Mon Jun 07, 2004 7:13 am
- Location: Seabrook TX just south of Houston
Many boats
My Buddy and his boat.
- Glen Smith
- Posts: 3719
- Joined: Sat May 08, 2004 9:08 am
- Location: Baie-St-Paul, Quebec, Canada
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- Posts: 12
- Joined: Tue Sep 21, 2004 12:07 pm
- Location: Maine
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Web site with photos of my Prospector Ranger
after many "years" of construction... and over a year in the water.. the canoe is old news.. but I just finished making the web page for it. (50 hrs? over 3 months)
Almost 600 photos of canoe construction..
12 months worth of consecutive paddling accounts... (in Maine!)
Two paddle making galleries..
Aerial photos of paddling put-ins...
Recreational photos of a years worth of paddling..
4 short movies...
and a guessing game to boot..
http://shawnwaite.com/canoe/
Shawn Waite
Prospector Ranger Builder/Owner.
Almost 600 photos of canoe construction..
12 months worth of consecutive paddling accounts... (in Maine!)
Two paddle making galleries..
Aerial photos of paddling put-ins...
Recreational photos of a years worth of paddling..
4 short movies...
and a guessing game to boot..
http://shawnwaite.com/canoe/
Shawn Waite
Prospector Ranger Builder/Owner.
I still have sawdust up my nose.
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 post.
Anyway it was an experience like no other. I now have to be careful not to catch the bug to build many more. Although I think it is already too late...
Anyway it was an experience like no other. I now have to be careful not to catch the bug to build many more. Although I think it is already too late...
- Glen Smith
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- Joined: Sat May 08, 2004 9:08 am
- Location: Baie-St-Paul, Quebec, Canada
- Sonshine777
- Posts: 21
- Joined: Mon Aug 20, 2007 10:39 am
- Location: Camas, WA
Trying again.
Here is my Ranger (first boat)
Here is my Ranger (first boat)
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Tom
- Glen Smith
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- Joined: Sat May 08, 2004 9:08 am
- Location: Baie-St-Paul, Quebec, Canada
- Glen Smith
- Posts: 3719
- Joined: Sat May 08, 2004 9:08 am
- Location: Baie-St-Paul, Quebec, Canada
- Sonshine777
- Posts: 21
- Joined: Mon Aug 20, 2007 10:39 am
- Location: Camas, WA
- Glen Smith
- Posts: 3719
- Joined: Sat May 08, 2004 9:08 am
- Location: Baie-St-Paul, Quebec, Canada
- Sonshine777
- Posts: 21
- Joined: Mon Aug 20, 2007 10:39 am
- Location: Camas, WA
Actually I have an 18' aluminum Grumman canoe and my wife likes the fact that one of the thwarts is right behind the front seat, and she can lean back on it. It was her request that I do the same on this boat (as she will be my main boating partner). So the second thwart was to balance out the look. It also helps when I carry it as I usually do it alone.Glen Smith wrote:I see you have installed 2 thwarts which is unusual for a 15' canoe unless you spaced out the 2 thwarts so you can paddle solo while kneeling close to the center of the hull. Is this the reason for the 2 thwarts?
Tom
- Patricks Dad
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- Joined: Wed Oct 13, 2004 1:11 pm
- Location: Warrenville, Illinois
Awesome looking boat! When my son Patrick and I went to the BSA canoebase in 2003, he was completely turned on with canoes. Even a trip to Philmont the next year didn't distract him. We spent the next year building a Redbird. Patrick (Eagle scout) turned 18 last fall and started college in Arizona yesterday. I'm still the scoutmaster of his troop (my other son is in the troop too). He spent a week paddling in Algonquin park this summer to get one last canoeing "fix" in before going to the desert.
Good luck on the rest of your canoes.
Good luck on the rest of your canoes.
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