Building Skin on Frame Nesting Canoes

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[alexhoplyakov]

The idea of three canoes built like matryoshkas is great! But the craftsmanship is just out of this world. Thank you so much Brian

[robertw]

Beautifully edited compilation from years of designing, fabricating and testing.

[JamesAlgure]

Amazing! It's not just a boat! It's a masterpiece! Congratulations on the beautiful work! Thank you for sharing with us!

[greeksandacamera]

Absolutely love the way this master teacher boat builder covers it all and most definitely knows what he’s talking about. Just the background music of this is plenty good reason to play this video. Some things in life are super interesting and educational to watch whether we actually ever do the activity or not. It’s a vicarious experience that helps us expand our horizons to engage with all kinds of exciting and interesting endeavors with others or just to enjoy by ourself.
This video is one of the best of watching a real master of his craft do his thing, and the best is at the end of it becoming a shared adventure with not just one canoe but 2 and 3 !!!
The guitar strumming is just grand as it gets.

[yngveellingsen]

This design is pure genius. Love the design(s) and the video. Excellent work!

[bbobkly]

I am Korean. Thank you frame canoe. It was very helpful.

[oxsome]

OMG the design is SO smart!!! all the small details to make it comfortable and easy to use! amazing!!!

[raymondyee]

Great job, soothing music... rather than robo junk. A true pleasure to watch

[andrewbraye]

Thank you. I have studied boat building on my own, and your video was vital to my success

[RobBanks]

So damn cool, makes me so happy to see you still designing and building after all these years Brian! and damnit...I want a pair of these!

[chrismcbride]

Hi Brian, this is a wonderful film: don't ever stop building boats, but if you did there would be a future for you just making films instead! In addition to making me want to build a skin on frame canoe, a craft which btw you have raised to a new level, watching and listening to your film just makes our household feel inspired by the possibilities and in awe of your continually improving craftsmanship with workshop and camera. Thank you!
Chris

[kenolson]

The filming and editing of your video is stunning. Good-looking canoe as well.

[psunaminami]

wow...can't believe it only took him 10 minutes to do that!

[chipsterb]

Thanks for showing how you clamp the glue up for the gunwales. Clamping to riser block takes guess work out of the equation in terms of the amount of curve.

Lots of fantastic detail here. I’ll watch this several times more. Thanks!

[greeksandacamera]

Just the background music of this is plenty good reason to play this video.

Some things are super interesting and educational to watch whether we actually ever do the activity or not. It’s a vicarious experience that helps us expand our horizons to engage with all kinds of exciting and interesting endeavors with others or just to enjoy by ourself.
This video is one of the best of watching a real master of his craft do his thing, and the best is at the end of it becoming a shared adventure with not just one canoe but 2 and 3.
The guitar strumming is just grand as it gets.

[brenttaylor]

THAT was a fantastic voyage! Thank you for taking us along...loved the videography!

[luraleerocks]

Beautiful work of art. Both the canoes and the video !

[gilbertoportella]

Lindo adoro barcos pela sensação de liberdade que oferece.
Parabéns.

[genekloszewski]

Super builds!, ... I really like how they formed a catamaran, & sailed!, .. What a great idea! Keep up the excellent work! I really enjoyed your video!

[cfschulz]

boy, your skills are awesome, respect and thanks for sharing this wonderfull project