I suppose you could make two water tight sections that then bolt
together creating a bulkhead in the middle of the full canoe. Seems
like it would add weight, but the issue of a water tight seal
disappears. You could even un-bolt the sections and paddle away in
two, 1/2 size canoes with square sterns ;-) .

On 24 May 2007 06:37:59 -0700, Todd wrote:

I suppose you could make two water tight sections that then bolt
together creating a bulkhead in the middle of the full canoe. Seems
like it would add weight, but the issue of a water tight seal
disappears. You could even un-bolt the sections and paddle away in
two, 1/2 size canoes with square sterns ;-) .


One could build a two part canoe that used some sort of a flange
joint. Then as you say it would need to be hell for strong and even
then the attachment to the skin on the boat would be a problem.

The problem is that you would have to assemble the boat on dry land
and then launch it. The two part boat with bulkheads at the joint has
the advantage that (1) the join is much easier to build - the ones I
have built had a 1/4" ply bulkhead with an additional 1/4"
reinforcement about 3 inches wide at the bulkhead where the bolts
fitted, and (2) you can assemble them in the water. As they were built
as yacht tenders and were disassembled for storage on deck this was
a distinct advantage
Bruce in Bangkok
(brucepaigeatgmaildotcom)

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