Kayak

Night Heron
July 26, 2012

This Night Heron kayak is strip planked with western red cedar. The cedar has been stained with Behlens Solar-Lux then encapsulated with 4 ounce fiberglass cloth and epoxy. The finish…
Enter to win a wooden kayak kit from Pygmy Boats
January 4, 2012

To celebrate their 2011 Reader's Choice Award, Pygmy Boats is giving away a Coho kayak kit
Solo microBootlegger
March 28, 2011

My first iteration of this design was a tandem boat that I based on a 1923 George Crouch designed mahogany speedboat called Baby Bootlegger. This boat is 14' long by…
Petrel Wood strip kayak
July 11, 2010

Petrel wood strip kayak; Custom Wave pattern w/Paulownia, Redwood, Spanish Cedar, Cherry. Fiberglassed. 17' long, 42lbs. Based on Guillemot Kayakas pattern Tony Albano...
Kayak
June 4, 2010

I built this many years ago with plans I found in Fine Woodworking,
Stitch and Glue Night Heron
July 27, 2009

A stitch and glue sea kayak built from okoume plywood. Plywood parts are cut with puzzle joint pattern to create the long panels instead of using scarfs. Each part is…
Skin on Frame Kayak
July 27, 2009

This kayak was built using the traditional Greenland Inuit form of a wooden frame with bent ribs. The long stringers are Alaskan yellow cedar, the ribs are white oak, and…
Petrel Sea Kayak
March 4, 2009

Cedar strip sea kayak. Strip-built of western red cedar with fiberglass, carbon-Kevlar and epoxy.
microBootlegger
December 18, 2008

I designed and built microBootlegger after seeing a photo of a a 1920's Gold Cup racing boat name "Baby Bootlegger". I liked the simple classic lines and thought I could…
Build a Bent-Plywood Kayak
August 1, 1992

Stitch-and-tape construction can put you on the water in less than a fortnight

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