New Bay 13 Open Canoe DIY Plans
You could build this canoe in just a few hours a day for a week!!
LOA 13 - 4” (4.064m)
Beam 2’ - 10” (.864m)
Height fwd/aft 1’ - 7” (0.483m)
Height Amidships 1’- 1” (0.330m)
Approx. Dry Weight 40lbs (19kgs)
Crew 1 or 2 Adults
This canoe is the same as the New Bay 11 (coming soon to ebay) but with a couple of feet added after a request from a client to suit his requirements from this design.
When it was built, the performance was just as good as the 11 but the extra space made it more comfortable and felt a little more stable.
It has been used with a Kayak “Wind Scout” pop up sail and moved along nicely.
Also, the first one built was used with a small electric outboard with a home-made side mount that reportedly worked very well.
Built in marine plywood or a very good exterior grade, it uses 3 sheets plus a 3kg epoxy pack and 25m of 100mm wide fibre glass tape via the Stitch & Tape boat building method and could be built in a couple of weekends.
Plans detail the build step by step plus detail adding seats and making a paddle.
A nice canoe for 2 touring rivers and canals etc.
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We've been doing what we do for 35 years now designing and building small boats plus producing DIY plans and quality kits allowing you to build your own boat.
We don't just leave you to get on with it either. We are available by email/text/phone/even WhatsApp to assist you if you get stuck or help you with customising your boat with your own ideas.
Whatever you are looking for, DIY canoe building plans, DIY dinghy building plans, build materials or perhaps some chandlery for your boat, we can help by either supplying it or pointing you in the right direction.
We can help and advise you with your own project too and even cut it for you.
A lightweight plywood dinghy or canoe makes for an easier and cheaper, boating experience.
In the 8' to 10' range of boats, fibre glass dinghies, moulded plastic canoes and inflatables are all heavy and/or cumbersome. They require trailers to move them about on land and larger powered outboard motors to move them on the water. Some canoes can be carried on a roof rack but are heavy to lift up there and carry to the water.
Our plywood dinghies and canoes are designed to be lightweight, sometimes half the weight. A 10', 12' or 14' plywood canoe can be easily carried on a roof rack and can often be put up there solo as can an 8' dinghy. 10' dinghies and larger canoes will probably need two to move them about more because of size than weight.
Being lightweight, crew distribution is important to keep the boat balanced. They only need small, lightweight outboard motors which also helps to keep costs down.