GREG JOHNSON AND HIS STUDENT, Rex Bair, are in the process of mixing up epoxy, but at the moment, the Little Rock Boat Builder Supply’s workshop smells strongly of sawdust. On one wall, an array of ...
Students at Mercy Montessori School in Cincinnati handcrafted a 15-foot canoe, learning how to steam bend, tie knots and secure the boat in the process.Seventh and eighth-graders spent a week building ...
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How to Build a Canoe

What is a cedar-strip canoe, anyway? The basic idea behind a cedar-strip canoe is to make a hull of narrow wood strips, each one glued to the next with ordinary carpenter’s glue, and then cover the ...
It was, Victoria Gonzalez admitted, her first time in a canoe, despite being of the ripe old age of 9 and living in the Land of 10,000 Lakes. But what made this paddle even more special for the Duluth ...
In a workspace barely large enough to hold his eager students, Steve Lapey is dispensing wisdom gleaned over his 85 years. Canoes have been Steve's hobby for decades and now he is eagerly passing on ...
Several Hawaii students got to show off their hard work Friday with handmade wa’a, or canoes. They were created by Castle High School students in the Po’okela Academy that links classroom academics to ...
HOLLAND — Charlie McConkey went from the automotive industry to boat building, and he's never looked back. Although others at work didn’t enjoy wiring boats, McConkey, a 30-year-old Cedarville, was ...
BERKELEY — East Bay students are diving into nautical history and building a traditional Hawaiian outrigger canoe at the Aquatic Park. Expert outrigger canoe builder Kiko Eklund Johnston-Kitazawa — ...
No buyers have made an offer on the former Old Town Canoe building on Main Street, so company and city officials are taking steps to find a new use that will complement the community's long-range ...