This is a photo essay about building a skin on frame canoe. The 12 foot boat weighs less than 15 lbs. All the wood I used I felled, milled, seasoned and machined. The ribs are a steamed and bent White Oak, the stringers, gunwale and inwale are Red Pine, the keel is White Oak, the bumper rail is Black Walnut, the backrest/thwart is a laminate made of Red Cedar and White Oak and all the plywood I made from Red Pine, White Oak and Black Walnut. A kit from Gaboats.com offered the design, glue, kevlar yarn, heat bonding tape and Dacron skin. All the wooden parts and kevlar were spar varnished after assembly and the skin was sealed with "Cory's Goop" with a bit of mineral pigment. The boat runs true in the water and handles well. The design is a mix of monocoque, tensegrity and classic Inuit skin on frame methods that makes for a surprisingly resilient and lightweight boat.

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