"One Boat at a Time"
BEAR MOUNTAIN BOATS CONNECTION!
In 2022 John's Little Boat Shop took over construction of Bear Mountain Boats' Sprint Canoes.
From Bear Mountain Boats' Newsletter; Spring 2023:
Bear Mountain Sprint Canoes has a new builder!
There have been some pretty major changes around our workshop in 2022. After 40 years of building sprint canoes, it is time for Ted to pass on his molds to a younger builder... our friend John Hendren is the new builder of Bear Mountain Sprint Canoes. John is an old friend, excellent boat builder and very familiar with our building method, as he has helped Ted build sprint boats over the years. His company is located just outside of Peterborough, where Bear Mountain Boats was also previously located.
We would like to thank the sprint clubs for their loyalty in buying Bear Mountain canoes and to assure them that John Hendren (johnslittleboatshop.ca) will continue to build Bear Mountain C4’s and C15’s that will win races and make us all proud.
Sprint canoes are used in the Olympics for Canoe Sprint events, where athletes race on flat water using single-bladed paddles while kneeling in the boat. Different classes, using the C4s, include singles, tandem and 4 paddlers.
Canoe Sprint was added to the Olympics as a medal sport in 1936.
An amazing story to follow with a similar competition, (although they're rowing shells) is a book called, "Boys in the Boat", about competition during the 1939 Olympics in Germany (based on a true story). We highly recommend reading it, or watching the movie on Prime!
New C15 Construction:
Shipping Out!
New C4 Construction:
Upgrades and Refurbishing
