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Topia!: Sports: Water Sports: Canoeing and Kayaking: Building (43)
Kent's Kayaks - Provides information on kayak building, pictures of design ideas, resources for materials, and some general information on paddling. Michael Wick's Home Page - Homebuilder shares his experiences and pictures of kayaks and canoes that he has built. Don's Kayak Building - Details of personally building a Mill Creek 15 kayak. Kayak Building Bulletin Board - Active message board for kayak building, sponsored by Guillemot Kayaks. Kayaking with Steve and Daune in San Diego, CA - Includes information on building a redwood Guillemot double kayak and kayaking in and around San Diego. Grant's Stitch and Glue Canoe - How to build an ultra light stitch and glue plywood canoe that really looks like a canoe. The Canoe Paddle Page - Making canoe paddles in wood; canoe paddle design; collections of canoe paddles; books and articles on paddle-making. Building the Greenland Kayak - An overview of the building process, using traditional materials. Includes tips about building and links to kits, plans, and books about building your own boat. Building a Redwood Canoe - Strippers Guide - Details photographs, instructions, tips and troubleshooting for constructing a redwood canoe. Also includes related links. Baker Brothers Boats Seakayak - Amateur boatbuilder's working journals with pictures. Cat's Paw Kayak Assembly - Focuses on post-construction outfitting rather than showing all the details of the construction of the kayak. Ken's Temporary Kayak Pages - Information on how he built a Euro style paddle and a Greenland style paddle, wood strip kayak construction, glassing, and extensive photographs. Dave's Kayak Building - Details of building a Chesapeake LT17, a 17 foot sea kayak. Bill Walker's Chesapeake 17 Kayak Construction - Photo essay of building a wooden kayak. Includes preparation, hull assembly, deck installation, painting and coating, and rigging and completion sections. A Good Paddle - Article about "Uncomplicating Paddle Design, Sizing and Selection" written by Caleb Davis and supported by the Wooden Canoe Heritage Association. Chris' Canoe Project: Building a Freedom 17 Canoe - Chronicles the construction of a cedar-strip canoe with detailed comments and pictures. Includes boatbuilding links. Traditional Arctic Skinboats - Features photographs of a diverse collection of Inuit and Aleut kayak replicas that Harvey Golden has built. Includes many links to kayak related sites. Walkabout - Personal site of Ralph Walker includes information about outdoors, gundogs, and sports. Provides summary of building a cedar strip canoe, Bob's Special, and a list of boatbuilding links. The North Woods Paddle - Article written by Rick Waters and supported by the Wooden Canoe Heritage Association. Describes making a traditional wood paddle. Wooden Canoe Heritage Association - Non-profit group devoted to preserving, studying, building, restoring, and using wood, wood-canvas, cedar strip and birchbark canoes, and to disseminating information about canoeing heritage in North America. Links to builders, suppliers, graphics and related websites. Doug's Boat Page - All about building kayaks and native boat technology. Includes Doug's own non-definitive introduction to boatbuilding, freeware and shareware boatbuilding software, free boat plans, photos, Q and A, and boatbuilding resources. Real Wooden Boats - Provides tips on building a cedar strip canoe, photos of construction of a Cosine Wherry, and links to other boatbuilding sites. PakYak Prototype - Online plans, pictures, and discussion of Jim Heter's custom-designed folding kayak. Building a Wood Epoxy Sailing Canoe - Documents construction of a 15.5 foot sailing canoe with narrative and photos and related links. Quick-N-Dirty Oars - Instructions for making oars by David Goodchild. Simple Oars - Free oar plans with photos. WebRing - Web ring for kayak building sites. Building the Bluefoot Boobie - A backyard adventure in building a cedar strip kayak. Includes building summary, tips, and photos. La Mina: A Classic Modern Canoe - Steps and photos of building a canoe with classic shapes, but using modern, readily available, and cheap materials. John Michne's Boat Building Stuff - Details of the construction of the Wee Lassie II. Includes photos with explanations of progress through the phases and problems. Each section includes a discussion about what was learned and tips. Ross Leidy's Kayak Building - Personal summaries of building kayaks, canoes, paddles, and cradles. Includes a how-to section with in-depth discussions of a few building and outfitting techniques, including deck fittings, a fiberglass seat and the use of underdeck bungees to secure hatch covers. Graham Skelly's Homepage - Contains links to canoe building and canoeing of wilderness rivers in Canada and the USA. Industrial Arts and Crafts: Canoe Project - Kauai High School class summarizes the building of an 18 foot surf canoe. Includes project log, materials list, and summary of the construction steps. Scubascapie's Kayak Project - Provides photos and description of building a wooden kayak. Also includes related links. Ferwerda Wood and Canvas Canoes - Includes photos and build records of several canoes, particularly the Hiawatha model built on an original Thompson Brothers form. Also features weight comparison for wood and canvas construction versus modern materials, tips for building a seat with a mast ring, and photos of a canoe rigged up for sailing. Skywoods Canoe Company - Builds and restores wood and canvas and all wood canoes. Located in Honor, Michigan. Swedish Wooden Canoes - Builder of wood and canvas canoes. Paddlemaker. Classes in canoebuilding, paddlemaking, and northwoods canoeing. Raven Studios - Offers wood-strip watercraft, custom wooden canoe and kayak building. The process, photographs, profile, and contacts. Kayak Building Workshop - Focuses on building sea kayak using traditional Inuit methods. Nunavut, Canada. Upper Canada Canoe Company - A manufacturer of Woodstrip Boats. Sells cedar strip canoes, kayaks, kits, materials and hand caned seats. Photographs illustrate some of the steps required in building a woodstrip canoe. Glocester Boat - Builds boats and kayaks. Canoes, kayaks, directions, contacts, links, and boat building. How to Build a Waveski - Step by step guide with pictures on how to build and fix a waveski. Waveski are easier to build than a surf kayak.
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