In addition to canoes, The Old Towne Canoe Company built some small dinghys that used the same canvas on cedar frame construction as the canoes.
A friend had one and I was so impressed by it’s stability and carrying capacity, that I took off it’s lines and dimensions and duplicated it
in glued lapstarke construction.
6mm okoume plywood with sepele mahogany transom and trim. About 65 lbs.