Ron Frenette our great friend and instigator of many canoe builds and paddling trips has been longing to develop plans for a 26 ft. Voyageur canoe. Many years ago Ron paddled one from Sault St. Marie to Thunder Bay and he thinks there must be others interested in building one. I am not convinced that there is a market and told Ron that we could not justify the development costs - besides we would then have to build one in order provide instructions. In case you don't know Ron I will share this secret with you - he does not understand the word NO. Before I knew it he had a scheme cooked up. Ron has been working with one of our customers in Italy named Mateo -  FYI when we sell a kit you also get Ron's wonderful support during the building process. Mateo's family has been building clocks for 400 years in Milan and naturally he became friends over the internet with Ron and invited him to come to Italy to paddle the canoe but Ron had a better idea - it was hatched over some high wine and a huge cedar fire on the Kipawa last fall and it goes like this...
