Redwood Canoe - By Floyd McGuckin and Jack Payne. A beautiful canoe build using redwood strips and old boat building techniques. She's broad of beam and flat bottemed amidship. Two persons can sit side by side in the center, with one person at each end and plenty of room for gear. This canoe is formed around plywood templates by using 1/4" by 3/4" redwood strips glued edge to edge. You lay up the strips, remove the form, and the canoe is complete, except for the fiberglass and putting in the seats.