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Building a Strip Canoe | 
| Author: Gil Gilpatrick
Publisher: Delorme Mapping Company
Category: Book
List Price: $17.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  33 reviews
Sales Rank: 168306
Media: Paperback
Edition: Revised
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 128
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 10.4 x 8.8 x 0.4
ISBN: 0899333494
Dewey Decimal Number: 745
UPC: 019916003494
EAN: 9780899333496
ASIN: 0899333494
Publication Date: October 2002
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Product Description
This completely revised edition includes plans and patterns for eight well-proven designs. Step-by-step directions are accompanied by over 100 photographs plus illustrations. Gil's contemporary construction method augment the traditional wood strips with fiberglass and West System epoxy. The book includes an extensive listing of sources for lumber, tools and supplies. 128 pages.
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 Good practical information September 22, 2008
I find Gilpatrick's book to be very informative and well worth picking up if you are thinking about building a cedar strip canoe. The designs of canoes in this book are all about function and few frills. Even so, the canoe's shown are beautiful. I was a little disappointed that there wasn't more information and tips about cutting out the forms. Another item that could be improved is the photography (or maybe the printing) All of the photo's are black and white and a bit grainy so they do not show as much detail as I would like.
 First time review- for a reason. July 31, 2008
Great book. I built a White canoe using Gil's book. It saw the water one time and is now hanging as a static display in a Health Spa in Door County Wisconsin. I remember taking it out one time and a random person pulled over to look at it while I was gassing up my truck. He asked,"Where did you get this canoe?" My reply- "I built it." I had wove the seats using the directions in this book and people still question if I really wove them myself. The book is awesome. I am actually getting another to replace my first one which is getting a little tattered. I have never written a review for a book before before but this is worth the time to recommend it to you folks.... Dan
The most useful book on strip canoe building August 31, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I have many of the common books on canoe building. This book is by far the easiest to use. There seems to be two major schools of thought when it comes to strip canoe building: 1) floating furniture (The Canoecraft way) and 2) utilitarian (Hazen and Gilpatrick). I've built a solo canoe following Gil's methods and it has served wonderfully for 5 years. I've bounced it down rocky rivers and used it for many trips to the BWCA and Quetico and it has served admirably.
If you wish to build a work of art, then perhaps you should follow Moores's methods. Personally, I don't like external stems on a canoe. They widen the entry line and just look weird to me. Building them is also a fiddly undertaking and I'm not sure that they really add much.
If you want a functional and tough canoe . . . that is beautiful to boot . . . this book will help you reach your goal. If you have questions write the author, he has replied to my emails; usually the next day.
best choice February 14, 2007
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is an excellent book. It includes patterns as well and easy instructions.
 Not worth the money or read December 28, 2006
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
This is a great book to learn how to build a half-way canoe. This is poorly done and offers building instruction that will leave you with an inferior boat. The best option is to buy Canoecraft...Canoecraft has everything you need to build a canoe and even includes plans and lofting directions. However many of the techniques described in this book are easier than those in canoecraft. But when you are out on the water you don't want to be worrying about if your boat is gonna hold together or not because you cut corners.
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