Stalker Square Back
Posted: Thu Sep 14, 2006 4:37 pm
Ok, Matt and I (Matt mostly) worked on a custom design for a paddle/pole/square back canoe. Some of you may remember Matt posted a thread for suggestions from the peanut gallery. viewtopic.php?t=409 Thanks guys, by the way. Anyway, we finalized the design and Matt sent me the plans. I got them a while ago, hurray; unfortunately my wife got laid off from work at about the same time, booo. And she wants to take a little time off before she gets another job, what’s up with that? Well it won’t kill me but, it definitely puts a damper on extraneous expenses like building a canoe, even though that isn’t that expensive really.
Anyway, the new canoe was named the Stalker. I like that name. I recently went ahead and purchased some plywood. I decided to go with the Luan. Why, because it is cheap and I am now on a budget. The problem of course with cheap wood is that it will require more work from me like filling in the voids. Fortunately, the voids aren’t huge but, they run in long skinny rays which isn’t too bad unless you are cutting the plywood into narrow strips which, of course, I will be doing.
This week end I will try to clear off my car port so that I can start laying out the wood and maybe cutting it too. Thanks Matt for the plans, I will post pictures of my progress but I have a feeling it will be slow, at least at first anyway. I already have a few ideas of things I want to do but we will see how it comes along. The nice thing about a custom made plywood boat is I can always add things later if I think of something new to add.
The main purpose for this boat will be fishing in skinny water. I also wanted a boat I could put in the back of a PU truck and attach an electric motor to and I could stand in to pole as well. I may eventually abandon one mode of motivation either the pole or the paddle but for now I intend to use them both we will see how it works out.
Anyway, the new canoe was named the Stalker. I like that name. I recently went ahead and purchased some plywood. I decided to go with the Luan. Why, because it is cheap and I am now on a budget. The problem of course with cheap wood is that it will require more work from me like filling in the voids. Fortunately, the voids aren’t huge but, they run in long skinny rays which isn’t too bad unless you are cutting the plywood into narrow strips which, of course, I will be doing.
This week end I will try to clear off my car port so that I can start laying out the wood and maybe cutting it too. Thanks Matt for the plans, I will post pictures of my progress but I have a feeling it will be slow, at least at first anyway. I already have a few ideas of things I want to do but we will see how it comes along. The nice thing about a custom made plywood boat is I can always add things later if I think of something new to add.
The main purpose for this boat will be fishing in skinny water. I also wanted a boat I could put in the back of a PU truck and attach an electric motor to and I could stand in to pole as well. I may eventually abandon one mode of motivation either the pole or the paddle but for now I intend to use them both we will see how it works out.
