6 Hour Canoe
The 6 Hour Canoe - easily manageable by a child.   Very easy & quick to build.   A lot of fun for expeditions, picnics, wildlife watching.   More than twice the fun when the family build two!
And nearly half the price per boat!

I have taken these pictures from the book with the plan and building procedure in it. I'll put up some photos of canoes that customers have built, though I haven't got many because we work at quite a pace during the 4 days building, and I keep forgetting to take a picture break.

A few years back I cooked up a project with Torbay Education Authority for six volunteer 16 year olds who were just leaving school with no job to go to. They built three 6 Hour Canoes, had paddling and safety training, and then took their boats on a 2-day expedition down the Dart, camping and cooking over an open fire.

It was a great experience for all of us. I particularly treasure seeing the lads coming for the start of the first day, all mouth & uncertain swagger. During the building they slowly quietened & buckled down. When they roped their canoes into the pick-up they were walking taller.   At the end of their expedition there was a tangible sense of enthusiasm.   Only 8 days, not sustained enough permanently to change their self image. Nevertheless, a tremendously positive experience to set against their sea of negative ones.
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