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CHARLOTTE—GLUED LAPSTRAKE CANOE

Length: 11′ 6″

Beam: 27″

Draft: 12″

Weight: 25 lbs

Designer & Builder: Tom Hill

Construction: Glued lapstrake plywood

Usual location: In Boathouse or out on dock rack

Comments: With its classic design influence, the famous Rushton “Wee Lassie” is one of Tom Hill’s most popular canoes. A finely made spoon-bladed double-paddle can make this little craft really fly. She is an unusually enjoyable solo boat, yielding that exhilarating experience of personal freedom so necessary to the lone paddler. She has enough additional capacity for 2 or 3 weeks’ gear, too. This boat is a perfect choice for gliding silently over a clear body of water.