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Featured Design: Freedom 17

Designed for production in glass/kevlar/carbon and for strip planking
Length:17' Beam:33" Displ:420 lbs. (with 2 crew)

The Freedom 17 on the Wye River in Midland, Ontario

Freedom canoe Freedom lines drawing

The Freedom 17 was designed for Bluewater Canoes in 1990 and is now also offered as a set of plans for woodstrip construction through Bear Mountain Boat Shop. Still one of my favourite canoes, it features an asymmetrical hull with a slim bow, maximum beam just aft of the middle, and filled out stern sections to reduce the resistance. Because of the slight tumblehome this canoe is a wonderful solo boat, but most of the time it can be found heading off on canoe trips with two avid canoeists on board. A fast responsive tripping canoe that's also easy to build.

Steve Killing Designs: Recreational Canoes

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Bear Mountain Boats

URL

www.bearmountainboats.com

Comments

The following plans are available from Bear Mountain Boats. Boats marked with an asterisk are new designs by Steve. The remainder are based on traditional designs, re-faired and re-drawn for Bear Mountain.

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Bluewater Canoes

URL

www.bluewatercanoes.com

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Canadian Canoes

URL

www.canadiancanoes.com

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Bill Masters

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Upstream Edge

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