This 15' woodstrip-epoxy canoe was one we built for sale so no photos were taken before this point.

Pat Frenette adding on a final coat of spar varnish before the canoe was to wrapped, crated and shipped to New Zealand-lots od canoeing potential there. We hope it gets to be paddled on the Wanganuri River; one of the most beautiful places on the planet.

Dunedin is the provincial capital of Otago-South Island, New Zealand. Here, I am posing with my new canoe on the shore of Otago Harbour with Dunedin City in the background. The harbour is an inlet some 30 kilometers long paralleling the ocean coast.

The launching party-after the first paddle. This harbour provides urban canoeing expereinces within a 15 minute drive from my home. The quiet and CLEAN harbour is a great source of quinnat salmon ans sea-run trout.

Again at the edge of Otago Harbour. Along these shores, the canoeist can see much marine wildlife including: seals, dolphins, penguins, albatrosses and cormorants.

Canoeing in New Zealand,until recently, has meant covered canoes and kayaks. These open canoes are most often referred to as "Canadian Canoes" regardless of the make or materials. More of them are seen along the run of the Wanganuri River.

However, sport and recreational canoeing with Canadian canoes has a long way to go before a canoeing culture such as exists in Ontario takes hold.Paddling skills with a single blade in a Candaian canoe are virtualy non-existent.

As seen from the canoe in Otago Harbour.

My cedar-epoxy canoe from Canadian Canoes certainly turns heads. People love the classic look and admire the method and materials of hand-building which go into these craft.

A beautiful scene graced by a beautiful canoe.