How do you build a (working) wooden canoe (easily)?

Question

I'm fourteen and trying to build a wooden canoe, nothing fancy, but at least presentable and floating. Could someone provide instructions or websites with instructions about this topic?

PS if you're giving instructions, please don't use fancy vocabulary. Thanks!

Answer 1

Step 1.  Get  a log bigger than the canoe you want.

Step 2. Carver away everything that does not look like a Canoe.

Answer 2

Get some 1 inch PVC piping and make the shape of a canoe out of it.   Canvas over the entire skeleton of the canoe with canvas..   Last step,  paint or brush on all over the whole canoe this Rubberized White Roofing paint that they sell at HOME DEPOT..  Voila - Canoe!

Answer 3

Very very pretty: use cedar strips, glued together and shaped and epoxied with fiberglass.  about 800 hours of work.

Very pretty: get a stitch-and-glue kit from:

http://www.pygmyboats.com/mall/taiga.asp

I've built four of their kayaks.  Takes about 80 hours and a $1000 kit.

Just as pretty, cheaper, but more research and work:  google "canoe plans" and look for free or buy plans for a stitch-and-glue canoe.  Goto amazon for books on wooden canoes/kayak for more background.  "Loft" (layout) the cuts on 1/8" mahogoney plywood from Home Depot ($25/sheet) and epoxy together.

Not as pretty, but maybe easier is to use 1/4" or 3/8" plywood.  Here's an example: http://www.boatdesigns.com/products.asp?...

Goggle "canoe plans" and lots of sites will come up.

Consider something like a "john boat" with its straighter sides for easier construction.