Canoes: Prices and Options
Every canoe is custom made and designed as per the client’s specifications. Each boat is unique. This construction process allows a wide degree of design freedom. Just about anything is possible. Each boat is built of several hundred individually hand fitted hand pieces of wood. Bring your ideas. It takes 8-12 weeks to built a boat. Because of the time involved there are three design and price levels.
In order to give our customers the best materials for their boats we have done away will all standard “spar” varnishes. The standard exterior finish for all boats will be four coats of a tough automotive urethane. DuPont ChromaPremier 72200s is a tough, crystal clear, three-component urethane coating. The interior is finished with Resin Research’s CE epoxy package featuring excellent UV blockers.
Prices are quoted based on the size of the canoe, the design level, the amount of time and the level of difficulty involved. Select a standard build level or completed boat for more information.
Standard Prices:
The basic prices listed below are a starting point for a standard 15 -17ft canoe such as a Prospector 16. Smaller boats will be slightly less. Bigger boats are slightly more. Includes shipping within continental US.
Clear Finished, Basic Stripping: $4,200.00
Wood strips are laid in a basic pattern. There will be random differences between wood strip coloration. The design will be understated with a few accent stripes of a contrasting wood. Staple-less construction is used. The design will be from a standard plan allowing small changes only. Small limited printed overlays will be allowed. For graphics, small printed overlays are allowed.
Clear Finished, Custom Stripping: $6,600.00
The wood coloring will be hand matched. Graphic choices are unlimited: designs can be built into strips, overlaid with veneer, printed, painted, inlaid with solid wood, colored epoxy or wire, etc. The design and shape of the boat may be fully customized to suit the client.
Options:
Options listed below can further be added to your canoe. If you find something that isn’t listed, it can probably be done anyway.
Plans & Structural Options
| Standard Plans: STD. No charge for stock designs. | $0.00 |
| Other Plans (est): OPT. Plans from other designers range in price from $100 to $150. Custom plywood forms are required for construction. | $500-650.00 |
| Standard FG Layup: STD. The standard layup is one layer of 6 oz E-cloth inside and out with a second layer on the bottom of the hull for abrasion resistance, wear strips on the bow and stern stems and additional layers in the cockpit where needed. | $0.00 |
| Expedition FG Layup: OPT. A beefier layup for boats which will see more abuse. A double layer of 6 oz E cloth is used on the outside of the hull with a third layer on the bottom. | $175.00 |
| Light Weight FG Layup: OPT. High performance clothes which absorb less epoxy resin are used. 4oz S-2 cloth is used on both sides of the hull. S-2 glass is 30% stronger than E glass. | $175.00 |
Appearance
 Dye wood prior to fiberglassing OPT. On Clear finished boats, lightfast dye is used to color the wood itself in lieu of painting. Keeps the grain visible. Commonly used to ebonize wood (dyes it black). |
$275.00 |
| Interior Finished Clear: STD. The interior of clear finished kayaks is finished with Resin Research’s CE epoxy package featuring excellent UV blockers | $0.00 |
| Painted Interior (Clear Finished): OPT. An option on clear finished boats is to paint the interior. Usually white is used. | $50.00 |
| Stapled Construction OPT. Generally no staples are used in the construction. For some cost savings, staples are used during the construction and staple holes can be seen in the wood. Non-Structural. Option for clear finished boats only. | -$500.00 |
Outfitting
| Woods: Ash is generally used for the rails, thwarts, yoke and seat frames but other woods, such as black cherry can be substituted at additional cost. | EST $200.00 |
| Brass/Bronze Trim: Brass rub strips and other trim can be added for appearance and wear. | EST $100.00 |
| Fully Plugged Hardware: The standard is for all screws to be countersunk flush with the surrounding wood. As an option they can be counter-bored and plugged with a matching wood bung/plug. | EST $200.00 |
