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Summary: Gil Can Help You Build A Canoe
Review: This book lays out the steps to build a strip planked canoe in a straight forward way. It doesn't extoll a special technique or the ego of the author. Of the canoe designs included in the book, the White Guide model has to be one of the most beautiful ever created. It also includes directions on caning canoe seats and a design for one of the best paddles I've ever handled. This book presents the most useful information in a single volume for a new or experienced builder compared to any other canoe building book I've seen.
I built a Guide model canoe from this book for myself and my family. It's hauled us on day floats, extended camping trips, held crowds of kids at birthday parties and spent a summer as a gold plater in a canoe livery over the past 8 years. It's crashed through the surf at the beach and through white water on mountain rivers. The boat still makes me smile when I load it up for a trip or see it in the water. And it still gets tons of compliments. Build one for yourself.
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Summary: Instant success for beginner
Review: This is the best book about building woodstrip boats. Lots of photo and well organized. What makes this book the best is Gil's choice of strongbacks. It gives the best alignment of cross sections.
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