by William D. Jackson
LOA 15 FT., BEAM 36 IN., WEIGHT 75 LB., SEATING CAPACITY 2 PERSONS.
A rugged, quickly built canoe.
If you have ever struggled with the oars of a heavy, slow-moving rowboat—and then paddled a swift, high maneuverable canoe—you can appreciate why many true sportsmen prefer canoes. But, too often, the multi-ribbed conventional canoe is not only hard to build but too thin-skinned for hard usage. This design teams up plywood and fiber glass to produce a tough, scrape-proof canoe you can build in one-tenth the time it would take you to turn out a conventional canoe. The use of only one frame offsets the extra weight of using plywàod, so that this canoe is still light enough for comfortable portage. Glide-Easy can be built with a square stem for use with an outboard motor or as a
double-ender for paddling.
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