The Keewaydin crew made its own metal-clad wooden armature, or mold. Then, the start of the canoe itself: bending the white cedar keel and gunwales onto the frame. 2. Ribs: Next, the crew sawed a ...

I won't apologize for that. In my world, if a canoe isn't pretty, it probably doesn't paddle well either. The Explorer I tested had wood gunwales, which was the only way Mad River Explorers were ...