Building a stitch and glue canoe
Building a stitch and glue canoe with Wouter Wouter has been dreaming for along time of building his own canoe. The next few weeks we realize that dream with him. We'll be building a stitch and glue canoe inspired by the classic Canadian Prospector. It will be a compact, 460 cm long, tandem canoe designed [...]
Making your own laminated wooden canoe paddle
Making your own laminated wooden canoe paddle Our paddling friend Herman made a laminated wooden canoe paddle during a two day building course. He decided to make a classic beavertal paddle because he needs a bigger blade with lots of catch. Herman customized his paddle with a longer shaft and a wider grip than we [...]
Canoeing on the Dommel
To prove that you don’t have to drive hundreds of kilometers for beautiful canoe trips, we decided to paddle the entire navigable part of the Dommel. That stretch is ± 85 kilometers long and flows from Neerpelt in Belgium to its mouth in the Meuse in 's-Hertogenbosch. From Neerpelt to Valkenswaard, one natural reserve. An [...]
Building an Abenaki river canoe
Building a canoe with Dries With Dries we've started building a canoe. Dries is a carpenter and takes a workshop canoe building with us. In consultation he chose to build an Abenaki river canoe. It's our new model that will be launched at the Open Canoe Festival at the Weerribben the second weekend of september. The Abenaki [...]
Canoeing the Ruhr River
Canoeing the Ruhr River A couple of weeks ago; Our plans to paddle the Sieg River were aborted because the water levels were far too low. We decided to make a trip on the Ruhr because it has been dammed up and thus navigable. From Fröndenberg to Schwerte The source of the Ruhr is near [...]
A wood strip canoe in need of revivification
Building a wood strip canoe One fine day Johannes showed up at the door of our shop with a half-built wood strip canoe. He had acquired it for a dime and needed expert advice on how to finish it. He’s counting on our assistance to finish the canoe and to solve some structural problems. We agreed with Johannes [...]
Canoeing in Overijssel – the Regge River
Canoeing in Overijssel (NL) - Paddling the Regge and Linderbeek For our first trip of 2017 we went canoeing in Overijssel, a province in the central-eastern part of the Netherlands. To the southeast of the province's surface is mostly sandy, interspersed with small rivers such as the Regge and Linderbeek. Like the rest of the [...]
Workshop Greenland paddle
During Kayak Madness at the Kanoshop in Bergschenhoek near Rotterdam we gave a workshop Greenland paddle for two enthusiastic participants. They shaped their own Greenland paddle out of a board of Ayous. (All photos courtesy of Guy Bastijns)