I hand build cedar strip canoes for the fun of it.
If, by chance you might be interested in purchasing one of my canoes feel free to e-mail me and we can discuss it.
Remember though, I build them for fun so it could take a year to finish, they run in the $2000 range and it will be the most beautiful canoe you've ever seen.
This canoe follows the same flat bottomed - laker shape as the one above, but I made it only 13 feet long. It's still very stable in the water, and weighs about 53 pounds. The paddle is an 8 foot double paddle. It makes paddleing very easy.