Construction of a ScoutCanu Underway !!!
8.24.2002
My son wanted a canoe to fish a little waterhole that he found, so we decided to build a ScoutCanu.
Sorry no pics, so I'll just have to describe the intermediate steps. It just went together so quick. We took the bottom panel and plunked it down, layed the sides so the holes lined up and used wire ties to sew the sides to the bottom, using every other hole. Once the sides were stitched on we unfolded it and put the spreader in to hold everything. My son is drilling the stitching holes for the front (rear?) transom. The other is already stitched in place. Once everything was together we tightened all the ties and closed the big gaps. The stick is just a temporary spreader, to keep the sides from collapsing in. We really should have only drilled holes every 12" but its a lot easier to drill too many holes before, than to try to drill them once things are going together. The fillet putty should take care of the extra holes.
This is a view of the stitches. We used 4" wire ties, untill we ran out, then we used some steel wire.
Having verrrry minimal space, we decided to use the squared surfaces of Fisher10 to help square up the canu. Here my son is filleting the inside of the chine. We did large sections, but not the whole chine. Once the sections are cured, we will fill in the other spots.
Once the fillets were layed in, they were smoothed with a 1" brush wetted with epoxy and tape layed into them. The tape was then fully wetted out. Off to the left, in red and white, are the panels for Chugger (put on temporary hold by the canu) and underneith is Fisher10, only needing a dusting and painting of the side panels before it can go out and leave room for Chugger to be put together.
Plans Available Below:
Original CubCanu: Mk11, ScoutCanu, ScoutYak:
Usefull info on wood and epoxy building:
