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For printed plans, click HERE A kit for this boat is available from JO Woodworks. Well, I have been having a big think. One of the byproducts of the trip to the USA was that I now know that distance canoeing and kayaking is waaaay more fun than I thought.I sort of imagined it would be tedious compared to sailing. And it kinda is, but your mind adapts and you are off and going very nicely indeed. The thing I liked was just setting the mind to the task and keeping going, particularly when there are headwinds.I also liked the independence of camping and the days of having to carry lots of water are over with the gravity filters available these days. __________________________________ Several of these canoes have been converted into trimarans or outrigger canoes for excellent sailing performance. Also as a diving or fishing platform. The outrigger structure is very light and removed from the existing canoe structure completely. Outrigger plans HERE __________________________________ (more pictures from paddling on Lake Powell) But back to reality ...Because my income is so little I have pared things to the bone. I find cheap places to rent, have very few belongings and certainly don't have a car. So how do I mix my interest in canoe touring and nice boats with not having a car?So I started to think in terms of disposable boats. Building really cheap and fast from the cheapest materials available. Assembling the boat over a day or so, quick coat of paint, load it up and head off. Down the Murray Darling or any other of the river systems in OZ.Traditional canoes are really good in rough water and wind. After all they were designed to deliver the mail, carry a year's supplies or goods for sale, carry doctors or sick patients. Compared to a Trad canoe, many cheap production fibreglass canoes are heavy and tend to wander about it bad conditions.The reason they don't wander is the hulls shape - the shape is very fine in the ends and this creates a FIN at boat ends of