This is an archived message posted to the Kayak Building Bulletin Board. If you would like to ask a question about building kayaks, you can post a new message.
> I am planning to build a small S&G canoe. I am about to order a book
> titled "Building Sweat Dream, An Ultra-lite Solo Canoe" by Marc
> Pettinggill. The add says the canoe is built by using the
> "folded" plywood technique. Is this the same as S&G? Also...has
> anyone ever built this canoe or know someone who has? I would like some
> input on how it handles and how stable it is. I built a 12' canoe from SwampYankee Boats from plans that I ordered on the web.15$ four Xerox 8 1/2 x 11 sheets. I later bought the Sweet Dream book and it appears that the Swamp Yankee is a (nice way to say...) variatiom of the 12' Dream. It is very close (more rocker) and slight assembly differences. It handles fine but less rocker would be better. I used 1/8' red Meranti and 3.75 oz cloth. Its solid as a rock.If I had it to do over i would have built the 14' Dream. Working on Wee Lassie now, forms done, cant get up steam for ripping the red cedar.Good luck its lots of fun.
This is an archived message from The Kayak Building Bulletin Board.
Guillemot Kayak - High
Performance Wooden Sea Kayak Designs
