- Finland Birch Plywood
- Spruce
- Fiberglass
The summer after graduating from college I decided to build a canoe. The process seemed simple enough so for the next few months, Thomas J. Hill’s book “Ultralight Boatbuilding” became my bible. Armed with a set of plans and a local lumberyard that sold specialty woods, I was anxious to begin. Fortunately, when we were kids, my dad taught us how to build balsa wood airplanes. The technique for building this type of canoe is very similar. It’s essentially a plywood shell formed over a hollow fuselage.