Bear Mountain Boat Shop - Wooden Canoe and Kayak Kits and Plans

Welcome to Bear Mountain Boats on line resource for wood canoe, kayak and small boat builders. We are pleased to offer our boat plans, kits, building materials and experience to help you build your own boat with professional results. With over 30 years spent building and restoring a variety of wooden water craft, we know that when wood is combined with marine epoxy, it continues to be one of the best building materials for home builders. Whether you chose the woodstrip epoxy system or the plywood (stitch and glue) system the result will be a low-cost, high tech, light and strong boat. The beauty of your craft and the attention it will attract is something you will have to live with.

Canoe Building DVD - In Production!
Last fall actor and woodworker NIck Offerman found himself with some time to kill in New York City while his wife is working on Broadway, so he decided to build a couple of canoes.

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KAYAKS YOU CAN BUILD - Plywood Boat Building Techniques

Precut plywood panels are glued over a building form and covered on both sides with fiberglass cloth and marine epoxy resin. The result is a high strength to weight craft which is light and strong.

Canoecraft is known as the standard textbook on woodstrip epoxy construction. Kayakcraft will help you achieve professional results by following a series of simple steps in a proven order.

Narrow strips of wood machined with a bead and cove edge, are edge glued over a building form and covered on both sides with fiberglass cloth and epoxy resin. The result is a high strength to weight craft which is light and strong.

We invite you to take part in our on-line interactive forum to exchange ideas with other small craft builders.

An interactive service we provide to encourage communication amongst builders. The forum is moderated by volunteer Glen Smith who is an experienced builder.

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