Prospector Ranger 15

Steve writes:

“Ever since I completed my Bear mountain Prospector Ranger 15, it has been my ambition to take it somewhere in Scandinavia.

Living in the Peak District in northern England, I don’t have the dramatic scenery you have available in Canada.

This year, 10 years after completing it, I finally took it to Norway and paddled “Osprey” in the Aurland Fjord.

I thought you might like to see this photo of where Bear mountain boats get to.”

Steve also followed up with:

“I have attached a few other photos of "Osprey" in Norway and some from trips to Snowdonia in Wales and Ulswater in the English Lake district.

I struggled to find western red cedar in the uk, but eventually found a company selling 1" thick western red cedar decking boards.

I bought the thinnest blade I could find for my table saw and slit the decking boards into 1/4" strips.

The gunwales, yoke and seat frames are all ash, which came from a tree on a friend's farm, which he said I could cut down.

The decks are yew which I had left over from an English longbow I made a few years back.”