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Re: Skin-on-Frame: Yet another boat . . . .
By:Mike Savage
Date: 7/7/2009, 2:39 pm

: I would love to know if anyone's done a plywood stationed canoe. I love the
: look (and weight) of skin-on-frame canoes, but I'm not enthusiastic to
: bending all of the ribs.

: My first thought, seeing this boat, was that - if this is possible, so should
: a canoe be.

: -Doug

Ply framed canoes are possible. :) Why not, ply frames have been used in open boats successfully and there's a Russian company (I think the company name is Triton) that makes canoes similarly to Yost's alu folders.
You should use good grade marine ply, though, as they will be more exposed to wetting than a kayak ply frame and they will be more visible.

Mike Savage
South West Cork

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Skin-on-Frame: Yet another boat . . . . *Pic*
Dave Gentry -- 7/6/2009, 2:52 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Yet another boat . . . . *Pic*
Dave Gentry -- 7/9/2009, 11:42 pm
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West -- 7/10/2009, 1:00 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 7/8/2009, 6:35 pm
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West -- 7/7/2009, 6:20 pm
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Dave Gentry -- 7/7/2009, 10:36 am
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Etienne Muller -- 7/7/2009, 5:12 am
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kelly t -- 7/6/2009, 9:05 pm
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Doug S -- 7/7/2009, 8:08 am
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Bill Hamm -- 7/8/2009, 6:41 pm
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Mike Savage -- 7/7/2009, 2:39 pm
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Clayton Plunkett -- 7/6/2009, 10:07 am
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Dave Gentry -- 7/6/2009, 12:58 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Yet another boat . . . .
Mike Savage -- 7/6/2009, 4:06 am
Another pic *NM* *Pic*
Dave Gentry -- 7/6/2009, 2:53 am
Re: Another pic
James -- 7/6/2009, 7:39 am
Re: Another pic
Dave Gentry -- 7/6/2009, 12:44 pm