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15' 3" / 16' 2" Freedom Solo

 
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15' 3" / 16' 2" Freedom Solo - 10119_153FreedomSolo_1289837331

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Brand
Bear Mountain

1786 Matchett Line
Peterborough
ON K9J 6Y3
Canada

Phone: +1 (705) 740-0470

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Model Year
Intended Paddling Environment
Designer
Steve Killing
Construction & Material
Recommended Retail Price
USD 85

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Modern efficient pleasure canoe

The Freedom Solo is the result of a unique project initiated in the spring of 2006. Steve Killing had been considering a new solo tripping canoe design and, coincidentally, discussions on the Bear Mountain internet builders’ forum were about a similar boat. As an experiment, Steve decided to poll the opinions of paddlers and builders as he designed the boat. Predictably, opinions varied, but did so about a common theme. The boat, they felt should be short, light, medium tracking and therefore medium manoeuvrability, low freeboard, narrow, and offered in two lengths. The unique tumblehome chine was accepted (by most) as a good solution, attractive, and relatively easy to build. The result is a fine solo tripping canoe which will require at least intermediate paddling skills due to its lower-than-average stability. Designed by Steve Killing and a bunch of internet friends he has never met.

· Length: 15-3” or 16’-2”
· Beam waterline: 26.5"
· Beam gunnel: 26.2"
· Bow height: 17.5"
· Centre depth: 12"
· Draft: 3.0"
· Displacement: 220 lbs.
· Wetted surface: 22.0 sq.ft.
· Weight to immerse: 106 lb/in
· Prismatic coefficient: 0.564
· Weight: 45 to 50 lbs.
· Keel-less
· Stability factor: 95
· Optimum capacity: 15’ 3” version - 150-290 lbs, 16’ 2” version - 180-330 lbs.

All our full size canoe plans include the following:
• Full-size drawings showing the profile, plan and section shape of the hull.
• Full size plans for the mold stations.
• Full size plans for stem molds.
• The booklet 'Building a Bear Mountain Style Canoe'
• Epoxyworks newsletter
• WEST SYSTEM® technical manual

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