Build a 12 ft plywood solo pack canoe in less than 20 hrs?

I designed this 12 ft pack canoe, 28" beam, ~12" freeboard, 35lbs. It takes approximately ~15 hours to build (not including shopping runs and waiting for liquids to dry/cure). 3mm Okoume marine plywood, with 6oz fiberglass cloth on exterior, Douglas fir gunwales and interior floor covered with 6oz fiberglass to increase strength and rigidity.

Yes, one could spend double or triple the time making the end product more refined/more beautiful woodwork, etc., but the goal of this build was to get on the water before the water got too cold/hard (ice) to test a new design :-) -- functional, but not a lot of attention to detail.

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[Kwc]

The smile on your face, when trying out the canoe. Gotta love it.

[ri-jmtn]

I’ve watched a number of plywood/built canoe videos, but I’ve never been that impressed until I saw yours. It’s even more impressive seeing how well it tracks and glides. Perfect!👍

[larrycj]

Never seen a canoe built that way. Brilliant

[ivprojects]

Cool! I've never seen a canoe made like that

[peterkelly]

I like the concept! You are right about grain direction. If the grain for the pieces from the last gore to the bow & stern are tangental to the rest of the build, it would have held its shape.

[williamfraser]

These short, light boats are such a hoot to paddle, easy to store, transport and launch.

[tomb]

Congratulations on a job well done! Looks great!

[michaelisaac]

Great build, thanks for the video! I'm thinking of building one myself. How have the douglas fir gunwales held up so far?

[minbari]

Ahh I see what you did there! a variation on the Flomo Gorewood canoe, only possible problem i can foresee is a sectional location error, did you include a centre scratch pass when cutting out the Panels to aid line up? she turned out lovely though and seems quite lively in the water, Nice Job.

[rattytattyratnett]

Are the plans/drawings available for this on line?

[billywhizz]

Great little boat, moves along nicely!

[donmoroz]

Tracks and moves very well in the water. Another inch or so at the stems would make it look a little prettier, but not any more useful. EXCELLENT JOB!

[dougreid]

Nice build - clean, light and effective - kudos for crediting flo-mo with some of the initial thinking
Will there be a mark two?

[kaisailor]

Your canoe looks like it has more freeboard. May I ask what you measured it at for your build. The problem with a lot of the lightweight solo canoes that I see is that they have about a 12" or less depth. But yours looks a little deeper than the rest.

[aaronbrown]

can I ask how much epoxy did it take to complete this? and nice job

[jasonixo]

Cool David! What’s your router work envelope?

[halhammond]

Can I buy a flat pack at IKEA? Next best—can you share cnc cutting files?

[stevenwarner]

I wish you had had audio going. Just talk. I am very very interested in what happened when the duct tape was used. That bulge in the end looks like only one end but were both ends bulging? Did you make a cut there? All good but only if you had explained your process at that point. Any time duct tape comes out I am Paying Attention. Try taking a discount car cover ~ van size preferably ~ $13.00 ~ all water proof nylon cloth ~ and turning it into a rain fly for your Oh So expensive six person high tech tent. ~ That somebody stored over the winter with the roll of toilet paper so the mice got into it! Duct tape tabs for another layer over the tent. Oh yea! ✨🌸🙏🌸✨. Thank you.for sharing this. ~ from New Hampshire.

[genekloszewski]

Interesting technique, ..a beautiful blue..but not a good rescue/retrieve color

[ml.]

First I will have construct two Muskoka chairs and a cnc cutter.