Very Cool Handmade Boat

This Very Cool Handmade Boat was made in Shelburne, Vermont and it only weighs 25 pounds. This is a skin-on-frame canoe. Using Geodesic Airolite Construction, It is a simple, inexpensive, low-tech, forgiving system utilizing some exotic materials. The sequence consists of building a simple rugged wood framework, braced with triangulated KEVLAR® roving strands. This tough basket-likeframe is then covered with Dacron. This is a first cousin to sail cloth; except it heat shrinks. It is a super-weight, airplane wing covering type of fabric, used on crop dusters. 
You can learn more about these boats at: http://www.gaboats.com/
or about the courses for building them at:  http://www.berkshireboatbuildingschool.org/home/page.aspx?p=4

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