Making a beavertail canoe paddle
Dennis made a beautiful beavertail canoe paddle during a workshop. We started at 10 o'clock with a board of ash and 5 hours of cutting, milling, shaving and sanding later Dennis walked out of our shop with his handmade beavertail canoe paddle.
Building a wooden canoe
An expedition canoe for Peter We've started building a wooden canoe for Peter. Peter has been canoeing and kayaking for forty years now. He started with his parents when he was 8 and is still very passionate about it. He is what you might call a discerning customer who knows exactly what he wants. It [...]
Making a Greenland Paddle
Workshop - Making a Greenland Paddle Making a Greenland paddle by yourself? It's possible during a workshop at Freeranger Canoe. Sea kayaker Tom joined us last week to carve his own cedar Greenland paddle. While Tom is already convinced why he should be making a Greenland paddle for himself here are some of the great [...]
Building a stitch and glue canoe
Building a stitch and glue canoe with Wouter Wouter has been dreaming for along time of building his own canoe. The next few weeks we realize that dream with him. We'll be building a stitch and glue canoe inspired by the classic Canadian Prospector. It will be a compact, 460 cm long, tandem canoe designed [...]
Making your own laminated wooden canoe paddle
Making your own laminated wooden canoe paddle Our paddling friend Herman made a laminated wooden canoe paddle during a two day building course. He decided to make a classic beavertal paddle because he needs a bigger blade with lots of catch. Herman customized his paddle with a longer shaft and a wider grip than we [...]
Canoeing on the Dommel
To prove that you don’t have to drive hundreds of kilometers for beautiful canoe trips, we decided to paddle the entire navigable part of the Dommel. That stretch is ± 85 kilometers long and flows from Neerpelt in Belgium to its mouth in the Meuse in 's-Hertogenbosch. From Neerpelt to Valkenswaard, one natural reserve. An [...]
Building an Abenaki river canoe
Building a canoe with Dries With Dries we've started building a canoe. Dries is a carpenter and takes a workshop canoe building with us. In consultation he chose to build an Abenaki river canoe. It's our new model that will be launched at the Open Canoe Festival at the Weerribben the second weekend of september. The Abenaki [...]
Canoeing the Ruhr River
Canoeing the Ruhr River A couple of weeks ago; Our plans to paddle the Sieg River were aborted because the water levels were far too low. We decided to make a trip on the Ruhr because it has been dammed up and thus navigable. From Fröndenberg to Schwerte The source of the Ruhr is near [...]