Companion Canoe Plans

Companion Canoe Plans create a 16ft. two person canoe that is perfect for extended trips on flat water or slow moving rivers.

Companion holds a sizable load for extended camping, fishing or hunting trips on your favorite chain of lakes or large slow moving rivers. There is no appreciable rocker or tumble home on Companion so white water is not advisable for this design. The up swept ends and the shortened breast hooks give this canoe a distinctive profile that will surely catch everyone's eye. All of the trim will be made by you using simple jigs and a little creativity.

If you have never steam bent wood before, you will be amazed how a $30 dollar tea kettle and a 5 foot section of PVC pipe will make the hardest of white ash bend around your stem form. It is these little details that will give your boat the ability to turn heads, and it is easy. After you get your stems in place and your forms all mounted, unbridled enthusiasm will take hold of you and before you know it you will find yourself fitting the final strip in your hull. This is usually where thoughts of the next boat start to creep into your head, but stay focused there is paddling to be done and you still have some work to do on this boat. I have known people who could not stop putting strips on the boat once they started and stuck with it all day and into the night and actually finished off the hull in one day. (I am one of those people)

Take a little time with your favorite drink and music and plan out a little detail in the stripping of the hull. The time you take in planning will give it that little added touch. Once you get this far, it is all down hill. You are just days away from paddling.

We strongly recommend that you purchase the streaming video with the plans. However, we realize that for some of you this may not be your first time building a strip boat and have given you the option.