Category Archives: canoe plans

Builders Photos of the 1910 St. Francis Canoe

By Bryan Hansel | Published: August 8, 2011
1910 St. Francis free canoe plans

The 1910 St. Francis Canoe in Bark Canoes and Skin Boats of North America is one of the Free Canoe Plans that I offer. It’s also one of the most graceful canoes in Bark and Skin. It’s high ends and sweeping sheerlines lead the eyes from tip to tail without interruption. The canoe measures just [...]

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Printed Canoe Plans and Kayak Plans Plus Electronic Nestings

By Bryan Hansel | Published: July 19, 2011
Sample 3d view of a canoe plan

PaddlingLight offers a significant number of historic canoe and kayak plans and several original designs. In the past, those free kayak plans and free canoe plans came as a drawing on one sheet of paper. The plans showed the stations at 1-foot intervals with the stems drawn over the station. Only my commercial plans and [...]

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Solo Canoe Yoke Plans for Portaging

By Bryan Hansel | Published: May 5, 2011
Solo canoe portage yoke

Because the seat in a solo canoe is centered in the boat, you can’t permanently mount a yoke there. I’ve seen all sorts of solutions to the problem, such as removable clamp-on yokes, magnet holding yokes, yokes held on with bungee cords, special clamping systems for yokes and many more. It seems like everyone’s inner [...]

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