The Eureka canoes are built slightly differently from most stitch and glue canoe plan though the method has become standard in the last 20 years or so.
The EUREKA plywood canoe hullshapes are computer generated which allows much greater freedom in shape than traditional manual methods. We have several videos of the Eureka and Quick Canoes on youtube. This Produces a boat more suitable for long distance travelling or carrying a load. So Stability is improved without creating a too blunt shape.
We developed the longer Eureka our stock classic canoe plan from the of the smaller boat. As a result we discontinued the smaller plywood canoe plans. The The smaller boat 13ft was not sufficiently stable with adults. Duck Flat and I developed the smaller Eureka over several prototypes to produce the best mix of performance, light weight, good looks.Īnd, most importantly for a kit to be exported to Japan, to be foolproof in assembly. It goes a long way with modest effort and tracks well when the waves and wind are up. The Eureka Canoe is a lightweight plywood canoe from plan half the weight of an average fibreglass canoe with much better handling.
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