Selway Fisher Canoes

[arctic hobo]

Half if you're a greyhound Half body weigh is a realistic limit for carrying all day - you could manage 20 miles/day like that. Not sure why I'm saying this as nobody suggested carrying it. I'll get me coat

 

[Roving Rich]

Right - If anyone wishes to take a look or have a paddle of of my canoe, I'll be taking it to the meetup at the end of the month, and you can all druel over it and massage my ego or laugh
cheers
Rich

 

[spamel]

How about a picture for those unable to attend?

 

[hootchi]

Post number 9 of this thread.
here
It looks really top.

 

[spamel]

Of course!!! Sorry, didn't realise, I obviously saw it when the thread was new. That does look like a really well made and good looking canoe. How about some photos with it on the water then??!!

 

[Squidders]

I saw that before... it looks lovely!

I want one of these though

http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/t...2&parentType=index&rid=&cmCat=MainCatcat21276

Joe

 

[Roving Rich]

Here ya go

and

Cheers
Rich

 

[hootchi]

Very nice indeed. Cheers Rich, I think those photos must be in the gallery because I recognise them.

 

[spamel]

Droool, sweet candy (in a homer simpson voice!!)

Looking very good, nice to see the life jacket too, sets a good example! I've got two on order for the young 'uns, and then they can accompany me on pleasant journeys on the many lakes around here, thus giving the missus a break!!

Canoes rock!!

 

[Roving Rich]

Yeah She paddles beautifully.
The photos were posted to the gallery some time ago. Unfortunately the disc containing the images of the build has got corrupted -It actually looks like its been attacked with a cold chisel ! So these images only survived as they were on the computer
Cheers
Rich

 

[Madra rua]

Hi guys,
I've just started building a 15'9'' Prospector and so far I've cut the timber and joined it to form the full length planks. I'm going to stitch them soon. So far I've been using fibre glass tape and resin that I've bought at the local hardware store which has been fine for joining the 8' lengths together, but I'll need longer fibreglass or polyester tape for joining the planks at the seams and epoxy in larger quantities to make it more economical. So, if anyone could tell me what materials (fibreglass and epoxy especially) they used it would be a great help. Also I was wondering if its necessary to fibreglass the whole boat (not just at the seams) to give it more strength and protection from moisture and if so what type of fibreglass sheath is needed. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Fintan.

 

[bothyman]

Fintan

Join this Group

>> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SFD_builders_sailors/?yguid=641194

Paul (The man you got the plans off) and other members of the group will answer your questions for you.
Its a Group set up for folks who are building Selway Fisher Boats and Canoes

Hope this is not old news

MickT

 

[Minotaur]

I saw that before... it looks lovely!

I want one of these though

http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/t...2&parentType=index&rid=&cmCat=MainCatcat21276

Joe

Link does not work for me.

New site from them just for canoes.

 

[Dano]

check out my link if you want some tips, I made plenty of mistakes so you can avoid them, great canoe, really good fun to paddle

 

[Chambers]

Is there anywhere to get plans for the prospector or similar but cheap?

I have seen a few free plans on the internet but they tend to look very poor and shouldnt think the canoe will look anywhere as good as the prospector type

 

[jdlenton]

selways site is the place for their designs and at £50 there not as cheap as they could be

 

[nuggets]

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Canoe-Canadia...ods_CanoesKayaks_Rafts_SM&hash=item5191b2efc1


not a selway prospector , but i have e-mailed him for more images of the finished stripwood canoe - the plywood one `looks` a bit naff from the picture


i would have thought someone on here would have had a set of selway plans going cheap ???

 

[Angelo]

i bought some plans from evil bay some guy offering a few plans on one disk all i can say is what a load of jank most of them you can get free on the net and the others was so old and unable to read.. better off buying propper ones. iv just finished building my 16ft open canoe its a ply build and im very happy with it..

 

[Chambers]

Angelo do you have photos and a link to where you got/bought the plans, see if its the type Im after, also how much did it cost your roughly to build?

 

[Angelo]

I didnt buy plans i got a few books from the libary and then worked out what i wanted. open canoes are all a basic shape so its just a case of how wide how long.iv paddle both open canoes and kayaks for years as an instructor and for joy iv also made a few over the years for my self and friends. Those plans on selway-fisher are good sets you cant go wrong from what iv seen and couple of friends have bought from there. You could always go half with a buddy on a set and build 1 each togther.

Angelo do you have photos and a link to where you got/bought the plans, see if its the type Im after, also how much did it cost your roughly to build?