Wood kayak plans

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The Siskiwit Bay is all-around fast mid-sized British-style touring kayak. This solid boat suits a medium to heavy paddler looking for good initial stability and with increased flare above the waterline lots of secondary stability. As the water gets rougher, this kayak feels more stable. It's a fast design slightly more efficient than most British kayaks in its class. When built with a Layback Lounge, it's an easy roller.

Building a Cedar Strip Kayak: Sometimes I like to get on the water by myself and sometimes a canoe will suit me just fine. Other times the weather is not suitable for a canoe, too windy, too wavy or I just want to cruise the waterways a little more efficiently. A kayak can handl…

I’ve been thinking about this for years and figure I’d better get it out of my system before it drives me batty. I’ve convinced myself somehow, that’s its possible to build a kayak in 24 hours (I’m also convinced I can do it for $240 which is an different obsession altogether). To complicate matters, I want her to be beautiful, paddle well, and be well built; I want to proud of her and I want whoever paddles her, to feel the same pride. My hubris (yup damn pride) wants her to be built by

Plywood construction of sea kayaks

I’ve been thinking about this for years and figure I’d better get it out of my system before it drives me batty. I’ve convinced myself somehow, that’s its possible to build a kayak in 24 hours (I’m also convinced I can do it for $240 which is an different obsession altogether). To complicate matters, I want her to be beautiful, paddle well, and be well built; I want to proud of her and I want whoever paddles her, to feel the same pride. My hubris (yup damn pride) wants her to be built by

We have previously covered plans for plywood kayaks and PDFs to help you build your own boat. Today, we are going to highlight 15 free canoe plans you can build this week along with PDF building guides for each. A canoe build is a great off-season project for those of you that are wrapping up ... Read more

A quick overview of how the 24 Hour Kayak is assembled. For comprehensive instructions and detailed drawings please follow links on this page.

Ultralight Kayak - Middle School Project: This is a skin on frame kayak that was made as a prototype to make with my middle school woodshop class. There are some great advantages to a kayak of this style! It was relatively cheap (~$300), no epoxy (less toxic) and is extremely light (~25 lbs…

Making a Wood Kayak: This is video series is documenting my process of converting the idea of a new kayak into a physical vessel and taking it out on to the water. I will be building my “Petrel Play” design. I hope you will find this series inspirational and maybe eve…