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Virginia Hand-built Woodstrip Canoes
Lightweight River Canoes
Add More Enjoyment to Your Life
Add More Enjoyment to Your Life
Lazy River Canoes only weigh between 35-45 pounds. They range 11.5-13.5 feet long. You can easily lift our canoes up on your shoulder and walk by all the people waiting for their turn on the ramp. Since they are so light in weight, I find myself going on the river a lot more by myself.
Add More Enjoyment to Your Life
Add More Enjoyment to Your Life
Add More Enjoyment to Your Life
These little canoes have truly added a new level of enjoyment to my life and time on the water. You will love drifting, or paddling, quietly along rivers, silently slipping up on wildlife and enjoying the day. There's still some nature out there, folks. Let me help you find it!
Canoes for Sale
There's much to see here! These are the canoes for sale. If you would like to see more pictures and details of each canoe, please head over to our gallery and learn more!
Welcome
Each canoe is hand built by Jim Dodd, a life-long craftsman, wood worker, and solid wood furniture maker. He started building canoes for himself and became passionate about building them so much that he built a couple that are now for sale! Each canoe is really an art project for him and each individual canoe is designed differently. When he isn't displaying his own canoes in his man cave, he is enjoying beautiful lazy days on the water in the Blue Ridge Mountains.
Each canoe is uniquely designed and looks great on the wall, but is quality-made and durable to be able to enjoy out on the water. They are also light enough to easily throw over your shoulder and carry yourself. Expect to get plenty of compliments at put in and take out access ramps with a Lazy River Canoe. Proudly display it on your wall as a masterpiece in your own man cave or vacation home.
After first hearing how detailed & beautiful the craftsmanship of my wood strip canoes is, I get asked how I am not afraid to take my canoes in the water. They are surprisingly durable and strong. Though they are not meant for white water rafting, they are great lazy river canoes! Any canoe you take in a river with rocks will get some scratches. My wood strip canoes are easier than most to repair any seasonal scratches. Check out the video on quickness's & easy end of the season repairs: Video On Scratch Removal
Be sure to take a look at the Show Video to watch and learn more on the intricate details of the building to finishing process!
Blue Ridge PBS "Creative Virginia" Featured Story
We are very excited and proud to announce our recent debut on Blue Ridge PBS's "Creative Virginia." Check out our video segment and learn more about my wood strip canoes that I consider more to be works of art! A big thank you to our local Blue Ridge PBS station for helping share my story! The canoe in this video is Model #9. It is for sale now! Click here: http://lazyrivercanoes.com/for-sale