Building the SixHour Canoe Author:Richard Butz Building the Six-Hour Canoe contains scale plans, specifications, a tool list, step-by-step instructions, and even a helpful explanation of how to paddle the canoe. All the building operations are clearly illustrated with photos and sketches. The canoe is constructed from a single 4'x16' sheet (or 2 4'x8' sheets) of marine plywood and a few pi... more »eces of dimensional lumber and, with epoxy glued seams, is watertight from the moment it hits the water. When completed, the canoe is 15'3" in length with a 311/2" beam. Tiller Publishing, of St. Michaels, MD, announces the - fifth printing of Building the Six-Hour Canoe. The demand for this book, first published in 1994, has been so great that Tiller has gone back to the presses for a fifth time. Inexpensive to build using ordinary tools and materials, the canoe gives everybody access to boatbuilding and a boat. Light, easy to carry and handle, it can be a personal favorite. Or it can be the ideal boat for introductory boatbuilding courses and for community and/or school based building experiences. Many of these boats have been built by fifth and sixth graders.« less