CANOEMODELKITS

My name is Ray Cayer. In the 90's I bought a piece of land in Maine and built a small cabin. Living the good life, or so that was my plan. I was in my 30's and had very little money. Work was tight and espeically during the winter months. I bought a book by Gil Gilpatrick called "How to build the strip canoe". I still have the book and the newest edition signed by Gil himself. I really wanted to build a canoe but did not have the place, the money or the tools. I said to myself, "well, I'll build a small one for now and then when things turn around for me, I'll build the real thing. So I decided to make a scale model of the E.M. White guide canoe using the templates he offered in the book. it worked great. I built the model just like the full size plans and it came out great. It really was like building the real thing!. My friends in the area loved it to and wanted to do it, so I cut more pieces for them. Soon many of us were making them, customizing them, and having a ball for cheap...

Primary location: Red Cedar United States