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    Kent Meet and SOTP blogs

    The song of the paddle http://www.songofthepaddle.co.uk is a very active UK paddle forum.Primarily for open(Canadian) canoes,all paddle craft are welcome. I see there is at least one southern paddler registered there,although the last post was in 2009. Lots of blogs from all...
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    First of many boat builds!!

    Good looking boat.The finish,like so many here,leaves me envious. Would a longer paddle not make it easier for your future son? (Not have to lean as much to the side to dig blade in/not scrape the gunnel top)
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    A Quick and Cheap Build

    As can be seen from the pictures,an overly heavy build,but one which can get anyone on the water quickly,as well as take an outboard motor of about 2HP. I can see from the pics that the lumber dimensions and the build sequence given was incorrect as I did the stem first,then then the...
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    A Quick and Cheap Build

    And into a tent.Inlaws,outlaws and work colleagues thought that I should join the boat,but my wife was pretty chuffed with the project,although not the original build site
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    A Quick and Cheap Build

    The conference ended early and the build was forced outside
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    A Quick and Cheap Build

    The kitchen and lounge needed redoing,my wife was away on a conference,so I decided to build a boat quickly before redoing the aforesaid rooms. As it was cold,I built inside.
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    A Quick and Cheap Build

    The above very wordy(4 pictures could have told the whole story) This boat was built just after Easter,2008 . A fun boat-could be paddled easily and took a seagull outboard on the transome. Took it onto the North Sea at Herne bay,and it rode and tracked nicely in the slight sea and wind(F2)...
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    A Quick and Cheap Build

    Thanks for those kind words of welcome,guys.(I have lurked here for a long time before joining the forum,and lurked for a further time before posting.I have gazed in in admiration at the sheer quality and craftmanship of so many of the boats built by the forum members,) This boat is a...
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    A Quick and Cheap Build

    A 3 plank canoe/skiff /pirogue I built.The pic taken on the river Stour,Kent,England. My wife and her brother in the boat.
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    Canvas Knockdown Pirogue?

    Duckworks had an article on a folding boat which could match the description of a knockdown canvas pirogue(in this case,a polytarp pirogue) http://www.duckworksmagazine.com/10/des ... /index.htm