Model: | Length: | Hull Weight: | Beam: | Max Payload: | Cockpit Size: | Paddler Weight: |
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Sassafras 16 | 15' 7" | 40 kg | 71 cm. | 205 kg | Open Cockpit | 115 - 180 kg. |
Today we often think of wooden canoes as being strip-built, but lapstrake canoes have an even longer history. The legendary Rushton lapstrake canoes are considered the pinnacle of the canoe builder's art. Unfortunately, the required skills of this costly method faded away in the early 20th century. Simpler strip building, and later aluminum and fiberglass, took over. But CLC's revolutionary LapStitch building method allows lapstrake canoes to be built by someone with no previous woodworking experience. All the planks and other parts are pre-cut. No strongback, molds, frames, or steam bending are required; building a LapStitch canoe is basically a matter of gluing all the pre-cut parts together.
The build process of a Sassafras 16 Canoe by one of CLCs clients