Dugout canoe by hand - PEM BB roundwood.wood.dugoutbyhand

This is a badge bit (BB) that is part of the PEM curriculum.  Completing this BB is part of getting the wood badge in Round Wood Woodworking.

Quite often it would be nice to be able to cross a lake without getting wet.  Let's take a big tree and make it into a dugout canoe!

 


Here are the folks at Townsends making one:


Minimum requirements:
  - Build dugout canoe from a single big log
  - Hand tools or fire only
  - At least 14' long
  - At least 7" deep inside
  - At least 20" wide outside
  - Water tight

Provide proof of the following as pictures or video (<2 min):
  - Log you're starting with
  - Three times during construction showing tools used
  - Finished canoe showing size measurements
  - Finished canoe in the water (dry on the inside to prove water tightness)