Scout Canoe Attempt 1

[stovie]

Based on patricks £5 canoe, last night the scouts put together a skeleton for a canoe made from leftover Tonkin Bamboo. The plan is to cover with canvas (yet another old tent) and seal with boat varnish.....

More pics as and when we reach the next stage.....Ultimately if this "works", I will get some ash and hazel and they can make several....can you imagine what the "District" will have to say

 

[Deleted member 4605]

can you imagine what the "District" will have to say

Would love to be there when you show/tell them!

Fantastic project - something I might copy.

Are you covered for taking the Scouts out on the water though?

 

[Buckshot]

Great idea
I wonder if this can go towards a badge???

 

[woodmunky]

I'm feeling a tad inspired now right.... where's that bamboo...

 

[spamel]

As you all know, Ray Mears has close ties with the military, and he often gets roped into survival and special forces training. A friend attempted Special Forces selection this year, and on a briefing was shown a canoe that Ray had made from an old MFO box, the large boxes used to send kit through the freight system! He used umpteen rolls of black nasty to hold it together and I'd imagine to waterproof it a bit. He apparently got in it on the water and it worked a treat!

Love the bamboo frame, I can't wait to see the skin once it's put on and decorated. It just goes to show that you don't need to spend a lot of money on a canoe!!!

 

[stovie]

Great idea
I wonder if this can go towards a badge???

It goes towards the "DTD" badge...... Dodge the District badge

seriously though, it could be squeezed into a number of badges....Depends on which one they haven't got.....

 

[stovie]

Love the bamboo frame, I can't wait to see the skin once it's put on and decorated. It just goes to show that you don't need to spend a lot of money on a canoe!!!

I think my whole point here, spamel, with the tipi (cost £0) bamboo bows (£20) canoe (£0), is exactly that....and I always thought that one of the central tenets of bushcraft was "self sufficiency"...I like the idea of creating new out of old. in this day of disposable society, it's cool to recycle

 

[chrisanson]

I think my whole point here, spamel, with the tipi (cost £0) bamboo bows (£20) canoe (£0), is exactly that....and I always thought that one of the central tenets of bushcraft was "self sufficiency"...I like the idea of creating new out of old. in this day of disposable society, it's cool to recycle

yopu have got 100% ov my vote on that m8
chris

 

[spamel]

You've got me there, I don't throw anything away, I'm like bloody magpie when it comes to shiney things and I hate to throw something away because I might need it one day!! And it has happened before, so I hoard

 

[chrisanson]

You've got me there, I don't throw anything away, I'm like bloody magpie when it comes to shiney things and I hate to throw something away because I might need it one day!! And it has happened before, so I hoard

you have seen my shed


http://www.bushcraftuk.com/community/showthread.php?t=16691&highlight=lads+bow

chris

 

[OzaawaaMigiziNini]

I think my whole point here, spamel, with the tipi (cost £0) bamboo bows (£20) canoe (£0), is exactly that....and I always thought that one of the central tenets of bushcraft was "self sufficiency"...I like the idea of creating new out of old. in this day of disposable society, it's cool to recycle

Tipi? Gotta find that thread!

 

[stovie]

Tipi? Gotta find that thread!

Here you go http://www.bushcraftuk.com/community/showthread.php?t=16545

and here's the scout weekend in the tipi http://www.bushcraftuk.com/community/showthread.php?t=17053

 

[Chopper]

Based on patricks £5 canoe, last night the scouts put together a skeleton for a canoe made from leftover Tonkin Bamboo. The plan is to cover with canvas (yet another old tent) and seal with boat varnish.....

More pics as and when we reach the next stage.....Ultimately if this "works", I will get some ash and hazel and they can make several....can you imagine what the "District" will have to say

Stovie, I hope you don't mind me saying, but you really do need to put some kind of waterproof covering on the frame that you have made, cos without it it will sink.

 

[OzaawaaMigiziNini]

Here you go http://www.bushcraftuk.com/community/showthread.php?t=16545

and here's the scout weekend in the tipi http://www.bushcraftuk.com/community/showthread.php?t=17053

Amazing man :You_Rock_ Where'd the canvas come from? Had some spare tents?

 

[stovie]

Stovie, I hope you don't mind me saying, but you really do need to put some kind of waterproof covering on the frame that you have made, cos without it it will sink.

Ye of little faith

 

[stovie]

Amazing man :You_Rock_ Where'd the canvas come from? Had some spare tents?

That's exactly where it came from. Old patrol tents and the like....

 

[stovie]

It's taken a couple of weeks but the troop have stitched the canvas onto the frame and applied a first layer of paint. The question is,who's going to be brave enough to sit in it first??? I'm far too big, of course....

Not perfect, by a long shot, but an interesting exercise all the same....Any volunteers out there...

 

[torjusg]

I think it looks very good, but also very tippy. I would test it for you, but I live a little far away....

Edit: Maybe you should throw a fair bit of weight in the bottom before trying, or make outriggers.

 

[Pignut]

Nice one!

Guess what my explorers are going to be up to!

 

[jojo]

I like this little canoe. It just shows what can be achieved by young people with a bit of ingenuity, time and a few inexpensive materials. Well done Stovie and your scouts :You_Rock_