The most beautiful of all boat building materials is still wood. Not least, because you can work it well without special tools: Even laypeople can build their “dream ship” out of wood. We show you, What technology you can use to get a beautiful canoe and how much such a masterpiece costs.
There, where the classic canoe as an artistic composite of birch bark, Willow branches and natural resins has its origin, in North America and Canada viz, hobby boat building has long been in vogue. A large community of wood freaks dares to do almost anything with the help of more or less sophisticated building plans, what floats - and shows just as much craftsmanship as a wealth of ideas.
It has recently been possible to benefit from this in Germany as well, what pioneers in the States have tried. The Hansa-Nautic Company, specializes in boat blueprints of all sizes and types, has developed a canoe plan with drawings and a description of the building for all friends of beautiful wooden boats. And after these documents, even skilled laypeople can become successful boat builders.
The secret is the lightweight construction of the strips – and this term can be interpreted in two senses. On the one hand, working with the roughly falls 6 mm thick and between 20 and 35 mm wide strips, from which the boat hull is built, Not hard. And on the other hand you can also see the result, the finished canoe, as a decidedly lightweight construction: The 4,7 Meters long, 94 cm wide boat weighs just round 28 Weight!
Every canoeist knows, that this is an advantage everywhere, where the boat is once implemented over any obstacles, so must be worn. And who has to load his canoe on the car roof, to reach the next hiking river or lake, he will be happy too, if he doesn't have to lift a heavy load into the air.
But the best thing is the material, from which the canoe is made: The feather-light one, Knot-free red cedar wood is not only easy to work with, it looks beautiful too. Anyone who buys a rough-sawn plank, cuts the strips himself and mills the profiles, pays for the entire building material including glue, Glass fabric and resin no more than 600 Euro. For comparison: Ähnliche
Boats, built by professionals, cost between 2000 and 4000 Euro. Building a colander is twice as much fun! What else do you need, to build the canoe? A heated room, in which you can build the slipway. And time, of course: So about that 150 You will probably need hours for this. But what does that do? It's still a little while before spring.
A chipboard slipway, set up according to the instructions, forms the basis for straightening the auxiliary frames. Deren Abstände sind vorgegeben. Mit wasserfestem Weißleim können die Beplankungsleisten zusammengefügt werden. Man tackert sie an den Hilfsspanten fest. Dünne Leisten unter den Klammern ermöglichen es, solve this later. Well visible: Verleimhilfen aus Leisten und Gummistropps. Selbst einfache Hilfsmittel wie diese Mauersteine, hung on strings over the ledges, can contribute to a good building result. Several thin pine strips or thick veneers are glued onto the form using a form template. The more constraints, the better! Ein Meisterstück: das Red-Ce-dar-Kanu. The stern and skirting board are made of pine, the outer skin is sealed with glass fabric and resin.