Every Dad can become a boatbuilder
Nauticalia
For the best selection of Christmas gifts, simply get hold of the Nauticalia catalogue. It's packed with just the kind of things no stocking - or pillow case - should be without. And there are things for young and old alike.
This canoe kit is one of those things few men could resist. It's a strip-plank model canoe that's constructed in the same way the full-sized boat is made, except for scale and time. The builder starts by assembling the temporary formers on a strong-back. Then the narrow strip planks go on, followed by covering the hull in glass cloth and fairing it off.
The finished result is a 1:12 scale, 16" model of a classic Peterborough canoe, similar to those that were shipped to England from Canada over 100 years ago.
The wood epoxy canoe kit retails at £95.00.
Nauticalia. T: 01932 244396. F: 01932 241679. E: info@nauticalia.com W: Nauticalia.com
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