Builiing the wood strip Flat water lake canoe "Companion" by jackbat

The "Companion" DVD set comes with over 3 hours of instructional footage all indexed in tasks for easy referal as you are building this beautiful wood strip boat. The DVD's will walk you through everything from initial setup to the final varnish.

Also included with the DVD is a complete set of plans for "Companion" so that you can start building right away. There is nothing extra to buy other than the materials to build the boat.

This is not a boat from an old magazine or one of those one hour boat building videos that turns out to be an advertisement to buy boat plans or kits.

This 2 DVD set is over 3 hours of boat building, you will learn how to build your forms, set them up, strip the hull, fair it out, lay fiberglass and finally flip the hull. You will hardly be able to contain yourself as you turn your boat over. Once the boat is turned, the DVD's will take you through the finishing out of the hull step by step.

"Companion" is a 16 foot two person canoe designed to paddle straight and fast with two adults. This boat is an all around day tripper capable of handling 500 lbs of passengers and cargo. The canoe has sweeping curves and upswept stems reminicent of the indian birch bark canoes. Whether you are fishing camping or just out for a day paddle, you will love the way this canoe handles. It is a real paddlers canoe.

If you have never built a strip built canoe before, this is a great one to start with. If you have built before but are looking for that perfect solo canoe, and appreciate a great paddling canoe, then this is definitely the one you want. You will never get tired of people asking where you got your boat.

Buy with confidence, You will love this boat. For more pictures, go to Sandy Point Boat Works