Man Turns Massive Log into Amazing CANOE | Start to Finish Build by @OutbackMike

The cultural significance of double outrigger sailing canoes is profound in many indigenous island cultures, particularly in the Pacific Islands. These canoes hold a special place in the traditions, ceremonies, and daily lives of these communities.

Michael Atkinson shows us how he built one of these canoes using a blend of traditional and modern techniques.

Visit Michael's channel Outback Mike to see how he survives while he travels.

If you like canoes and woodworking, keep watching to discover this amazing project.

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[Gentry]

That’s gonna be one of the heaviest bastards in the ocean, but it’s without a doubt one of the most bad ass builds I’ve seen. Great job.

[mikerosolack]

That's amazing your skills are unmatched, and you make your ancestors proud.

[АнатолийПругло-фщ]

Сколько труда и знаний! Просто супер мастер Удачи на море❤

[Dokterpedia]

This is simply very impressive. I don't know where he learned from but his teacher definitely gave him everything. And, he inherited it all very well.
I absolutely love seeing these traditional crafts still going on one after another generation.
Because one had to get through several generations of tinkering, this is simply human cultural relic in fact.

[catherine]

This is simply very impressive. I don't know where he learned from but his teacher definitely gave him everything. And, he inherited it all very well.
I absolutely love seeing these traditional crafts still going on one after another generation.
Because one had to get through several generations of tinkering, this is simply human cultural relic in fact.

[О.Б-мы]

Сколько труда, сколько терпения, остаётся только завидовать белой завестью. Удачи тебе, трудолюбивый ты человек. Дай Бог тебе удачи во всех твоих начинаниях!

[jamesgale]

Brilliant ! A very proficient fellow with a well earned and very seaworthy craft to show for all his hard effort and ingenuity.

[Uswesi]

Undoubtedly. definitely, a unique, unprecedented, unparalleled, genuine masterpiece. Hard, physical labor, but, at the end it paid.

[clgusa]

Every time I watch this channel's videos, I learn something new. Fantastic!

[sonnylambert]

Son of a boatbuilder from Northern Newfoundland. You kick ass bro! Huge effort, BEAUTIFUL results!!! Cheers!!!

[swagtech_]

Absolutely mesmerizing! stunning canoe is truly impressive

[dougd]

Great outcome for your massive project. Noticed the use of calipers (self-made, good job) and remembered about dugout canoe builders of the USA Northwest using the process of completing the exterior of the hull first. Then drilling holes from the exterior inward and driving wooden rods with painted tips into the holes to the intended hull thickness. These painted tips would be exposed when the proper thickness was excavated from the interior. The hull would then be expanded by filling it with water, which was brought to a sustained boil with hot rocks so the wood became flexible enough to expand using wedges.

[RandThompson-ddsk]

Skills not shared are skills that need relearned.
Knowledge and sharing go hand in hand.
Much appreciated!

[drewblaze]

This man is strong as well. Absolutely beautiful and great work.

[michaelb.]

Well, this man does not need a gym membership. Nice P-Bass tone at 6:39 for you fellow bass players. That was unbelievable, what an amazing craft !

[grafluckner]

Absolute Spitzenklasse ! Hochseetauglich !!! Weltmeisterlich !

[robertqueberg]

This is one of the biggest one-man projects that I have ever seen started AND completed. Your method of lifting the blocks out of the interior rated extra points.
We’re you paid any hostile visits by “The society for the preservation of maggots?” Did you get back into any of your high-school skinny jeans? Again I thank you for the interesting project.

[tommay]

It's nice that someone uses his hands and brain to create something unique. Perfect job!!!

[DOOK]

may your sail always be filled with the wind of freedom 😊

[ronaldguffee]

I am blown away by this McGuiverish skill set, Outback Mike my hats off to you.