Building the Maine Guide Canoe

by Jerry Stelmok

Book Overview

For the master craftsperson, this is the classic text on building the Maine guide canoe, full of clear instructions, photographs, and illustrations. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1558211667
• ISBN13: 9781558211667
• Release Date: January 1980
• Publisher: Lyons Press
• Length: 276 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 7.3" x 10.4"

Customer Reviews

Fine instructional manual

The book is very thorough in procedures for building a wood/canvas canoe. The author explains in detail the process from start to finish and has very detailed photos depicting his process. Unless you have previously studied boat building, you may have a hard time understanding the plans included at the end of the book. The drawings are complicated and require a bit of forehand knowledge. Fantastic book for anyone interested in building their own canoe.

Great book for those interested in how canoes are made

I read the book because I wanted to know how wood and canvas canoes are made. This was the book recommended by a friend that has four wood and canvas canoes. I found it to be a straight forward book on how to make a canoe starting from selecting the wood, to stretching on the canvas. Every step was explained as if your father was teaching you the family business.