Noel Schutt » canoe http://schutt.org/blog Mon, 14 May 2012 17:09:31 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 3RF canoe race http://schutt.org/blog/2008/08/3rf-canoe-race/ http://schutt.org/blog/2008/08/3rf-canoe-race/#comments Wed, 27 Aug 2008 03:14:22 +0000 Noel http://schutt.org/blog/?p=35 I just found a Journal-Gazette article on the Three Rivers Festival Canoe and Kayak Races. I haven’t been able to canoe much this summer, so I was very slow. It was still a fun race. It looks like it will be my only canoe race this year. At least I have been able to bike a lot this summer.

]]> http://schutt.org/blog/2008/08/3rf-canoe-race/feed/ 0 Bamboo canoe http://schutt.org/blog/2008/04/bamboo-canoe/ http://schutt.org/blog/2008/04/bamboo-canoe/#comments Tue, 08 Apr 2008 14:20:05 +0000 Noel http://schutt.org/blog/2008/04/bamboo-canoe/ Last night I received a link to a story about a canoe built of recycled chopsticks. This is an interesting idea, but I wonder about the durability. Granted, that isn’t the point of a project like this, but I like paddling canoes, not just looking at them. It seems that all the extra joints are extra potential failure points. But, this project does raise the idea of building a canoe from larger bamboo sections. I looked up the density of bamboo, and it is comparable to cedar. From the Forest Products Labratory:

Although bamboo is a grass, its hardness, strength, and dimensional stability make it a useful building material. Large species of bamboo, which mature in 3 years, regenerate without being replanted, and require no fertilizer or pest control, have been used in construction projects for thousands of years. . . . At least eight companies now import the material, claiming hardness and dimensional stability properties that compare favorably with those of red oak and other common hardwoods.

It should be possible to build a classic cedar strip style canoe using bamboo. Cost difference shouldn’t really matter in a project like this, because the major investment is time.

A bamboo canoe would make a great addition to a bamboo bike.

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