E1: Repairing & Restoring

• Fibreglass Boat Repair and Maintenance
  A guide to a variety of Fiberglas repair problems. Detailed instructions on repairing delamination, keel damage, gelcoat blisters, hardware bonding, finishing and installing teak veneers. (I002-550)

• Fibreglass Repair with West System™ Brand Products Video
  A good starter on the West System™. Learn Fibreglass repairs. This two-part video tape takes you from basic mixing and handling to bonding, coating, repairing scratches, rebuilding cored panels. VHS; 26 minutes. (I002-894)

• Wooden Boat Restoration and Repair Manual by Gougeon Brothers
  A superbly written easy to follow guide for doing almost any wooden boat & canoe repair with traditional methods and contemporary West System™ procedures. (I002-970)

• Gelcoat Blisters: Repair & Prevention
  An explanation of the osmotic blistering, illustrations on laminate drying techniques, repairing blister damage, epoxy barrier coat, and more. (I002-650)

• Gelcoat Blister Repair with West System™ Brand Epoxy
  A guide to structural repairs on fibreglass boats, repairs to cored and non-cored hulls and demonstrates how to successfully apply gelcoat over epoxy repairs. VHS-26 minutes (I002-896)

• West System™ Products Technical Manual
  Includes detailed instructions and information on all aspects of West System™ epoxy usage and helpful tips on building techniques and tools. (I002-950)

• Basic Application Techniques Using West System™ Products
  A guide to optimum use of West System™ products. Includes safety procedures and application tips for coating, bonding and fairing. VHS-20 minutes (I002-892)

• Final Fairing and finishing
  Takes you through the final steps of the building and repairing process and includes techniques for fairing and barrier coating and finishing coatings. 28pgs. (I002-740)

• The Wood and Canvas Canoe by Jerry Stemlock & Rollin Thurlow
  Written by experienced builders, this book gives a summary of fascinating lore and a guide to the canvas canoe's construction and repair. Scores of drawings, sketches and photographs illustrate the principal steps of building and restoration. Includes fold-out plans with offsets for a 15' solo canoe and a 17' guide canoe designed by Rollin Thurlow. (EI)

E2: Building from Scratch

• Building the Bear Mountain Canoe: 4 Hour Video
  A 4 hour video on building the wood strip epoxy canoe. Covers drawing plans, building the mould, fibre glassing, trim and varnishing. This excellent video along with the book Canoecraft, answers all the questions of the first time canoe builder. (E003-830)

• Stripper's Guide to Canoe Building by David Hazen
  Covers how to strip-plank a canoe or kayak with resin and fibreglass. Comes with full sized templates for building seven canoes and two kayaks, including a fast down river canoe and a recreational two-seater kayak. Thousands of canoes and kayaks have been built using this manual. Plans included. (E2) (see also Stripper Kits &Canoe Supplies).

• Canoecraft by Ted Moores and Merilyn Mohr
  Building the "Bear Mountain" canoe using the wood strip and epoxy method. With a minimum of carpentry tools and wood working skills you can choose from 7 canoe styles and follow Ted and Merilyn's photographs and drawings. (E3)

• Rip, Strip and Row by Brown, Pickett and Hartsock
  Complete with full sized plans and instructions for a 14' foot pulling boat (the Cosine Wherry). Uses strip plank construction techniques with well illustrated instructions. Only basic tools are required. Building time for a novice is approximately 200 hours. Plans included. (E4) (see also Stripper Kits & Canoe Supplies").

• Featherweight Boatbuilding by “Mac” McCarthy
  Build the Wee Lassie Camoe One or Two. Complete step-by-step instructions, pictures and diagrams, add materials and it’s all you need to build a sleek and elegant lightweight craft. (E6)

• Clark Craft Plans Manual
  One of the world's largest listing of boat plans and patterns. A fully illustrated catalogue of hundreds of modern and classic designs from 8' to 70' including powerboats, hydroplanes, cruisers, duckboats, canoes, kayaks, dories, sailboats and multi-hulls (E7).

• GLEN-L Marine Designs Manual
  Containing 176 pages of more than 240 designs from 6' to 55' including kayaks, runabouts, rowboats, kid boats for plywood, stitch-n-glue, strip, cold moulded and fibreglass. (E8)

• Building the Nutshell Pram by Maynard Bray
  An easy to follow manual for building the Nutshell Pram. Using plywood and simple tools, a perfect project for the beginner. Compliments the plans listed in this catalogue. (E9) Video also available (E9video)

• The Kayak Shop by Chris Kulczycki
  Build three different plywood kayaks, a 16', 28lb single; an 18', 38lb expedition single; and a 20' touring double that weighs less than 52lbs. 160 pgs (E10)

• The Strip-Built Sea Kayak by Nick Schade
  Build three rugged kayaks that have the same beauty and elegance of the strip canoes. Complete with easy to follow insructions and plans for solo or tandem kakyaks. (E11)

Please enquire about other titles available.