A stable open canoe for one or two people that can be built in 3 days.

Overall length: 4.75m (15' 6”)
Beam: 906 mm (37”)
Weight: 23 kg (51 lb)
Load: 240 kg (540 lb)

The Canadian is a lightweight canoe with a quick turn of speed and fine bow making it perfect for a couple to go day touring. The hull is Vee shaped at the extremes with a slight rocker. The Canadian canoe has built in buoyant chambers thus there is no requirement for additional buoyancy bags. It is stable and suitable for those new to canoeing and those who want a light boat that is easy to paddle.

Basic boat is without seats but with kneeling thwarts thus leaving space for it to be fitted out to your own specification.

The kit includes:
• Pre-cut wooden panels with pre-cut joints
• Epoxy resin
• Epoxy activator
• Epoxy fillers
• Woven glass fabric
• Woven glass tape
• Ties
• Comprehensive building manual
• Free technical support from a competent builder

The following additional options are available: Seats, sailing thwart, mast step, mast, sail, leeboard, motor mounts.

Glides through the water.

Delivery for England or Wales is about £30

This boat was due to be launched on Windermere on Saturday 21st November but the floods meant that it could be launched from the car park.

(Our model is wearing the Indian open boat but they are a similar length and weight)

Glass fabric to cover the outside of the Canadian canoe. This give a greater abrasion resistance and should be considered if the boat is likely to be used on rocky shores.

If the boat is to be used on inland waterways such as canals or the Broads this is not necessary. If it is to be used in the... (more)

For those without the time to build their boat the Canadian is available ready built. The price is £1,500.

The canoe is assembled and given two coats of epoxy and is, therefore, ready to use. However, we encourage customers to paint their boats for visibility reasons.

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This manual is intended for pre-build study or to help with the decision to purchase. Reading this manual will help you decide whether or not you can build the boat.

It is the 35 page manual that accompanies the kits. It describes all the techniques that will be used during the building and also a... (more)

An electronic, non paper, version of the 35 page study only manual above that can be viewed only using Adobe Reader.
After credit card authorisation the file will be sent to the email address put on the order form. The file is about 900Kb & takes about 40 seconds to download on slow broadband.