Skin-on-frame boats evolved from baskets. Coracles -- round, basket-like crafts -- are still in use in Wales for salmon fishing; Irishmen still row their Currachs off their wild west coast, and native people of the arctic still fish from kayaks and umiaks. Yet these boats also appear in a variety of modern forms -- from tough whitewater, aluminum-framed take-down boats, to wood-framed, nylon skinned baidarkas. This course will take you through the building process of an ultra light, double paddle canoe. As the group builds this simple elegant craft by steaming and installing ribs, lashing stringers to the ribs and stems, and stretching on a tough nylon skin, you will acquire the basic skills and knowledge necessary to build any kind of skin-on-frame boat. The finished class project will be raffled to a workshop participant for $465. All Levels.

Please note: this class will start Friday evening at 6:00pm.