soarrich Posted April 22, 2014 Report Share Posted April 22, 2014 OK, I bought the plans for the Tangerine canoe. I've read the book two times, he calls it a manual, but it is a book, and a very good book at that. I've decided to use redwood which I can get in eighteen foot lengths to avoid splicing, and it's beautiful stuff. I'm hoping the 18 foot pieces will rap around the perimeter of a 16 foot canoe, if it doesn't I'll have a 15 1/2 foot canoe. :^) I went with the 11oz. covering, it seems that will add between 1 and 1.3 pounds to the boat so I'll be watching weights very closely as I build this. The plans seem to be missing the 8.0 station for the hardback, I just need to know how deep the keel slot goes in it. I'm going to go get the redwood later this week then start ripping the long lengths. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Gingerbread Posted April 23, 2014 Report Share Posted April 23, 2014 Hoping for pictures as you go. I've got my eye on the Tangerine but haven't seen any builds. Happy building. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kudzu Posted April 23, 2014 Report Share Posted April 23, 2014 Double checked and there is nothing missing, there are four spacer blocks on the plans and that is all you need. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P Doug (WA) Posted April 23, 2014 Report Share Posted April 23, 2014 Pictures of the build, please! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soarrich Posted April 23, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 23, 2014 OK, Pictures when I get going. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ekapi Posted July 13, 2014 Report Share Posted July 13, 2014 If you haven't purchased the redwood yet, I would strongly suggest avoiding it for structural use in a boat. Redwood has a very short and brittle fiber and is quite easy to break. WRC is much stronger and will bend around the curves much easier, as well as providing much better overall strength. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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