Canoecraft: An Illustrated Guide to Fine Woodstrip Construction

by Ted Moores

Reviews of previous An excellent definitive book... something you must read if you are going to build a woodstrip canoe.
-- Canoeist If you want to build a strip-plank canoe or kayak, Canoecraft is the book to buy... A very comprehensive boatbuilding book and highly recommended.
-- Water Craft A Woodworking Magazine Top 40 Book Now revised and expanded with 32 pages of color and an updated resources section, this 70,000-copy international bestseller, known as the 'Bible of canoe building' is back, bigger and better than ever. Ted Moores is a master builder of woodstrip/epoxy canoes. Over four decades teaching wooden-boat construction, he discovered that the same dream motivates all of his students, no matter their to build something beautiful and functional. Canoecraft is the road map to that dream. Moores offers comprehensive instructions for the first-time builder, and for the second-time builder. He adds a variety of canoe plans, each presented as a traditional table of offsets. There is also a series of builder's tips and techniques, and an entire chapter on carving a paddle, the perfect accompaniment to a handcrafted canoe. Whether the goal is to build a general-purpose recreational canoe, or an efficient modern tripping canoe, or a full-decked fast-cruising canoe with walnut veneer, Canoecraft is the ideal guide to making it happen successfully.

Genres: Woodwork, Nonfiction

240 pages, Paperback

First published September 2, 2000

Reviews

[Patrick · Rating 5 out of 5]

Yes, you too can build a canoe. I did with this book. Very complete with plans and step-by-step instructions and photos.

[Gregory · Rating 4 out of 5]

I love to daydream with this book. I only wish the included plans were a little more detailed.