The Bear Mountain Boat Shop

I'm about to start stripping the F17 and was wondering whether or not to follow the sheerline with the strips. As this is a fairly flat canoe with no recurve it shouldnt look like a banana or would it? Would it be much more difficult to plank the bilge area? I placed a batten on the 7th and 9th mold...

Hi Glen That Woodfinder thing really works. Visit West Wind Hardwoods! Reed Mill and Lumber Company, Inc. Denver CO (7013 miles) Idaho Veneer Company Post Falls ID (7440 miles) Global Wood Source Inc. San Jose CA (7940 miles) But I think I'll give it a miss. Roscoe :laughing

Hi Glen
It gets better. I might have found a source for WRC locally. Not sure yet, waiting for a call or email.Living in hope. Fingers crossed. Cheers

Good news :smile Thanks to you all for keeping me on the right track. Today I visited my local big hardware outlet ( B&Q ) to price some mdf and plywood. I couldn't believe it when I found pine strips 6x18x2440. 6x44x2338. 6x68x2338. They are not bead and coved but that shouldn't be a problem. I...

Hi Glen Thanks for the prompt reply. I like the way the strips on the strip canoes blend together. I don't think it is as nice on the stitch and glue canoes although I am sure they work just as well and are a lot cheaper and quicker to make. In other words, I am looking for the lines of a cedar stri...

Hi Builders I'm a newbie to this site and to canoe building. I bought the " Canoecraft " book about 12 years ago but the high cost of materials then put me right off. Today I priced the cedar strips to build a 16ft canoe from a firm in England ( I live in N.Ireland) and was quoted £531. Th...