Building the Mystic River Tandem: A Classic Cedar-Strip Canoe (Strip Building Manuals)

By Nick Schade

This is the instruction manual for building the Mystic River Tandem canoe design by Nick Schade at Guillemot Kayaks. It does not include the plans themselves.These photo-intensive instructions guide you step-by-step through the process of building a cedar strip canoe. While intended for the Mystic River Tandem design, they are highly applicable to any strip-built canoe. Starting from cutting the forms, setting them up, the manual takes you through the stripping of the hull including shaping and fitting strips. We then proceed through fairing and sanding to fiberglass with epoxy resin. Gunwales and lightweight strip-planked decks are constructed and fitted. Gunwales are made and installed. The boat is finished with more sanding and fiberglassing.Traditional Wood Strip Canoe The Mystic River is a tidal estuary in southeast Connecticut. Starting in Old Mystic runs through the pretty seaport town of Mystic, home to the Mystic Seaport Museum, out to Fishers Island Sound. It makes for a beautiful scenic paddle from quiet, narrow stream to busy open water. The Mystic River Tandem is designed to be a comfortable and e cient canoe to see the sights along this lovely waterway.Features* 17 Feet (5.2 meters) Long* 34 Inches (86 centimeters) Wide* Classic Recurved Stem* Efficient Hull Shape* Good for Rivers, Ponds and Lakes * Day Trips and Light TouringPlans available from Guillemot-Kayaks.com

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1520510535
• ISBN13: 9781520510538
• Release Date: February 2017
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 64 Pages
• Weight: 0.49 lbs.
• Dimensions: 11.0" x 0.1" x 8.5"