Eureka 155 - Pretty, Lightweight, Plywood, Touring Canoe - simple to build.

Length - 15'6" (4.73m), Beam - 34" (0.86m), Weight - 44lbs (20kg) - Gaboon (Okoume) Ply, Can be built down to weights of 34lbs (15.5kg)
Simple to Build.
Great Paddling Boats.
Wooden canoes are usually half the weight of most fibreglass canoes.
Comprehensive Plan Pack include very detailed step by step instructions with many illustrations.

The EUREKA plywood canoe hullshapes are computer generated which allows much greater freedom in shape than traditional manual methods. The boats are built slightly differently to most stitch and glue boats. The bilge panels are fitted to the bottom panel, the topside panels are then attached to the bilge panels - we use plastic cable ties in the low stress areas but change over to the traditional copper wire ties in the ends of the boat where the stresses are greater. The width at the sheer is fixed and then the hull is filleted and/or glass taped together. Gunwales, inwales, end decks and buoyancy tanks, seats, and spreader bars are then fitted.

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Several of these canoes have been converted into trimarans or outrigger canoes for excellent sailing performance. Also as a diving or fishing platform. The outrigger structure is very light and removed from the existing canoe structure completely.

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