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Lovely ultralight traditional canoes you can build yourself. CLC's patented LapStitch™ Sassafras designs are much quicker to build than strip-planked canoes, while the Peace Canoe is meant to be built in a weekend.
The Sassafras 12 canoe is so light that you can put it on your shoulder and stroll casually down a wooded trail to a hidden lake or stream, fishing rod and tackle box in the other. That was the idea behind the original "trapper" or "pack" canoes....
Kits from $1239.00
Plans from $119.00
The lapstrake canoe is an ancient craft. In its recreational form it had already reached a very high pitch of refinement by the 1880’s, in the hands of artisans like J. Henry Rushton. Something about the combination of...
Kits from $1549.00
Plans from $119.00
"It is wonderful how few pounds of cedar, rightly modeled and properly put together, it takes to float a man.” So wrote J. Henry Rushton in the late 19th century. Rushton was a canoe builder who helped promote a class of ultra-light sporting...
Kits from $1685.00
Plans from $129.00
New from the pen of designer Nick Schade is the 17-foot Mystic River Tandem canoe. It's a handsome, comfortable boat for protected water exploration---and a great embarkation point for builders looking to try their hands at the art of...
Kits from $2269.00
Plans from $139.00
In the summer of 2016 Chesapeake Light Craft partnered with the filmmaking team Waterlust to design and build a pair of 17-foot sailing canoes. Waterlust - Patrick Rynne, Fiona Graham, Laura Graham, and Jennah Caster - then...
Kits from $1730.00
Plans from $30.00
A great family boatbuilding project! Build it in a weekend from a kit, or build it from plans using local materials. The Peace Canoe is an interesting new addition to the Chesapeake Light Craft fleet. Call it a canoe, a pirogue, a bateau,...
Kits from $1525.00
Plans from $69.00
