Gorewood Canoe - Transformation

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Photo- journal of the build of the Gorewood Cottage Cruising Canoe: photos.google.com/share/AF1Qi...
My website: flo-mo.weebly.com/

[@FarReachFR]

Wanted to thank you for such a beautiful and well thought out design. I finished my take on your gore 14 just this December. Your simple sheet of information and cut diagrams laid out so information so cleanly. I routinely spoke highly of your foresight and design skills during the build. - Best Regards and Thanks.

[@benjibodart]

amazing craftsmanship, mesmerizing, bravo

[@user-wn1cz8py4s]

Danke schön.

[@jimdodd3462]

Pretty cool ! Do you have plans available ? Doesn't look like marine plywood.

[@robertbolding4182]

I wonder if you could use thinner plywood and after the canoe shape is attained cover that with one eighth inch thick cedar strips.

[@IlContainerdelMicio]

hello May I know how you managed to create the starting template ? you used software or on paper ?
however congratulations for the great work done as soon as I can create a wider model I want to build it too

[@josequins9099]

Hello. How did you make the scarf joint so it could handle being bent? Are you using epoxy resin?

[@johnhuebner2594]

Hello, great design. I enjoy this challenging technique. I'm currently building your 15'8 canoe and was wondering what your beam measurements are for the 15'8 or 16'?

[@flomoflowingmotion]

Hi John, 33.5" (85 cm) measured to the inside of the hull is about right.

[@johnhuebner2594]

Thank you so much, I havnt been making a video of my build but as soon as I can I will atleast have some pictures.

[@richardduvall6512]

Ok can you tell me where to get the cutting diagram for these canoes I'm interested in the 15 foot 6 model

[@flomoflowingmotion]

At the bottom of this page: flo-mo.weebly.com/two-sheet-boats.html

[@gennadybychkov]

I can’t access your site, I want to build a boat of your type

[@flomoflowingmotion]

flo-mo.weebly.com/two-sheet-boats.html

[@G56AG]

What the heck is gorewood? I've searched and used different kinds of searches and all they come up with is a computer game. You can find a very few references to gorewood canoes, but no information on what kind of material it is.

[@flomoflowingmotion]

Have a look at the links in the description below the video, maybe that helps. The material ideally is 4 mm okoume marine grade plywood. The outer layers should be at least 1.3 mm with longitudinal grain orientation for the right bending characteristics.
Gorewood in this case refers to the gore-s which are part of the cutting pattern for the plywood which is made of -wood.

[@G56AG]

@@flomoflowingmotion Thanks, it was frustrating because all the search engines kept coming up with links related to a video game.

[@Moisandranat]

What does "gorewood" mean? I can't find an explanation

[@boatfabricationchannel2991]

Hello gorewood is the name of the technique he used to bend his plywood sheet by cutting gores in it

[@Moisandranat]

@@boatfabricationchannel2991 Thanks a lot! I couldn't find word "gore" as a "piece of material, shaped like a triangle" in my dictionary, so I couldn't realase what does it mean. Thank you. 🙏

[@boatfabricationchannel2991]

@@Moisandranat there is also the tortured ply technique that you will find on youtube that is almost the same thing

[@sven-erikviira1872]

Made a flywood one a year ago and have been enjoying this boat more than I thought I would!
th-cam.com/video/RlwuaPTKMco/w-d-xo.html

[@thedude4632]

It would have been more educational if you would have explained as you went along

[@flomoflowingmotion]

Point taken. If you really want to dig into the building process have a look at the photo journal of the build: goo.gl/photos/MWCVLV3hWnpxKiPd9
When you click the info button of the respective photos, you will enable the commentary.