The plans are here!

After what seemed like it was going to be a fruitless endeavour of over a month looking for the right cedar strip canoe plans, I finally found exactly what I needed. Northwoods Canoe Company http://www.wooden-canoes.com in Maine had the plans for what they call a Cheemaun canoe. 15 feet long, perfect for going on canoe trips with my girl for a few days, or short enough to solo fairly easily. They have other plans also if you would prefer larger or smaller versions. Check em out!

See, there are a million plans out there for boats, but I wanted one with ribs and all that jazz. To me, they give more stability and strength, seeing as I like to go to fairly rugged areas on my canoe trips.  Alot of the plans out there are for cedar strip epoxy finish boats that feel like you're paddling a plastic, lightweight, paper thin, boat that "may" get ripped open by the first jagged rock you hit. My apologies to those of you that enjoy those boats, it's just not what I wanted. I've paddled them, and I felt like I was paddling on eggshells. Again, only my experience. Needless to say, I was ecstatic to find the Northwoods Canoe plans. They arrived on one Tuesday afternoon, along with the book "The Wood & Canvas Canoe" that I had also ordered. Why? Because I had no idea what the hell I was doing in building a boat and hopefully this would help me along the right path. I started reading...