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When some centuries ago the wooden canoes cruised on the waterways of Alaska and Canada, the users were hardly aware at that time of the beauty and aesthetics of their boats. What was more important to the traders, trappers and not at least the gold diggers along the Yukon River was the safe and fast transport of their merchandise, equipment and themselves over the only “streets” in the wilderness: the rivers.

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The same applies to the 4000 years old kayaks of the Inuit. A prerequisite     for the boats was not their beauty but the fastness, manoeuvrability and     seaworthiness required for seal hunting. At the end of the 17th century    three Inuit arrived with their kayaks at the west coast of Scotland. This is
a distance of much more than 1300 miles over the open Atlantic.

January 2012
Winter time is restoration time. NordicCanoe makes you an offer for the repair of your boat.
Whether repairing, sanding, finishing, ... Ask!

                      But why were these boats already characterised in those days by beauty and aesthetics although nobody attached great importance to these features? The question is answered by the nature. In order to create a boat with good cruising properties, it must practically “become one” with its element. Now let us have a look at the aesthetics of a wild river or a rough sea, the movement of a wave or the merging into the spray. Consequently, a good boat must make use of the same aesthetic forms.

October 2011
private sale:
Solid-wood-jollyboat "German-Pirat"

NordicCanoe connects age-long approved moulds and materials with modern sealing practices. Completely handcrafted and with an eye for the details, boats results in wood-epoxine construction, which conform the requirements of suitability for daily use and primarily the highest requirements on aesthetic forms and colours.

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