The Stripper's Guide to Canoe-Building

By David Hazen

Book Overview

"The Stripper's Guide to Canoe-building" is unusually crammed with information and inspiration for the first-time boatbuilder. It comes with six full-size template drawings from which it is possible... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0917436008
• ISBN13: 9780917436000
• Release Date: January 1982
• Publisher: Educational Book Distributors
• Length: 93 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 11.8" x 0.3" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

The Stripper's Guide to Canoe Building.

Inspirational. I built a beautiful canoe from this book 30 years ago and it is time for a new one. In this book I found the right mixture of encouragement, information and options. Thanks David.

Stripper's Guide to Canoe-Building by David Hazen

This book is like an old friend to me. I bought one of the original printings back in 1974 and used it as a guide to build my first strip canoe (David Hazen's techniques and my own design). I may have developed a few methods or opinions of my own since then, but the foundation of my canoe building experience came from the pages of David Hazen's book.The production quality is a little low-tech, the paper isn't great quality and there are no artistic color photos to dazzle you; but if you read it for the content and pay attention to the message, this is an excellent book. It's still my favorite book on canoe stripping.In the early 80's, I loaned my copy to a fellow worker who was building a strip canoe. It never came back. The original printing was no longer available at that time and I wasn't able to replace it. :-(...The new edition of Hazen's book has the same familiar look and feel I remember. All the original content is there along with some additional information and canoe plans. I still have the first 18 1/2' strip canoe I built almost 30 years ago, and now I'm very pleased to have David Hazen's book back in my hands.If you're thinking of building a strip canoe, or if you have already tried and want to know what you did wrong, pick up a copy. Everything you need to know in order to build your own strip canoe is between these covers, and presented in an easy to read, easy to understand way. It's a good read and a helpful guide... I highly recommend it.

Best canoe builders guide yet!

I have read a LOT of books which attempt to show you how to go about building your own wood-strip canoe and this one is,quite simply, THE BEST. David Hazen writes in a style that is easy to understand and at a level that even the most rank amateur can follow. He leaves nothing out ( He even includes full-sized plans) and if you do have questions he is accessable and very willing to talk or write to you. WARNING: Read this book and you will want to run out to your garage and start building the next day!

I speak from experience

I built a 17' canoe using David Hazen's book in 1988-1989 and use it every summer on a lake in northern Michigan. I am neither a boat builder nor a craftsman, but the results from following the book were outstanding. There is plenty of detail and the hand drawings and narrative descriptions of the edition I used were quite sufficient to enable such a novice as I build a complex canoe without any major problems. The book is written with a very personal touch, which made the experience all the more interesting. Unless the book has been updated from the edition I used (late 1970s), the fiberglass bonding technique has been improved over that suggested by Hazen. I used an epoxy resin for that process. An excellent book that makes this difficult job worthwhile.

A tremendous resource for novices and craftsmen alike

A classic work on building canoes and kayaks with the simple wood strip method. Amply illustrated, each step is clearly described. First time boat builders will find this to be an easy to follow., and comprehensive guide. The full size plans for canoes and kayaks that come with this book make it an exceptional value. The author's description of applying the fiberglass coating is slightly dated. Newer materials have been developed since the book was written, and they are handled in a slightly different manner than described here. A suitable companion book that I would also recommend is Gil Gilpatrick's book on building strip canoes.