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Skin-on-frame open style canoe

This is a 5-metre skin-on-frame open canoe that is 90 cm wide at the centre, tapering at each end to a point. The frame is a latticework of timbers, steam-bent to shape, and held together using lashings. A nylon skin is stretched over this to produce a finished boat.
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John Wilkinson
Coleraine, United Kingdom
A school teacher by profession, John Wilkinson had a lifelong love of working with wood. His other passion was canoeing. In 2005, he combined these tw ...
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