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Baker Brothers
Boats Seakayak - Amateur boatbuilder's working journals
with pictures.
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Building
a Plywood Canoe - The story of building a Fisher Prospector.
Attempts to give some idea of how to create a strong, durable
craft with minimum cost and maximum pleasure.
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Building
a Wood Epoxy Sailing Canoe - Documents construction of
a 15.5 foot sailing canoe with narrative and photos and related
links.
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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.
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The Canoe
Paddle Page - Making canoe paddles in wood; canoe paddle
design; collections of canoe paddles; books and articles on
paddle-making.
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Cat's
Paw Kayak Assembly - Focuses on post-construction outfitting
rather than showing all the details of the construction of
the kayak.
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Chris'
Canoe Project: Building a Freedom 17 Canoe - Chronicles
the construction of a cedar-strip canoe with detailed comments
and pictures. Includes boatbuilding links.
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Dave's
Kayak Building - Details of building a Chesapeake LT17,
a 17 foot sea kayak.
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Derek's Cedar
Strip - Details of building a BearMountain Hiawatha canoe,
Guillemot Double kayak, and his current project, a BearMountain
Endeavour kayak.
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Don's
Kayak Building - Details of personally building a Mill
Creek 15 kayak.
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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.
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A
Good Paddle - Article about "Uncomplicating Paddle Design,
Sizing and Selection" written by Caleb Davis and supported
by the Wooden Canoe Heritage Association.
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Grant's
Stitch and Glue Canoe - How to build an ultra light stitch
and glue plywood canoe that really looks like a canoe.
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Ian Salkind
- Details on building a Patuxent 19.5 kayak and a kayak of
his own design, the Joy 18. Includes kayak links and a list
of kayak building books.
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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.
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Karma's
- Includes information about fishing in British Columbia and
a summary of the construction of a cedar strip canoe.
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Kayak
Building Bulletin Board - Active message board for kayak
building, sponsored by Guillemot Kayaks.
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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.
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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.
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Kent's
Kayaks - Provides information on kayak building, pictures
of design ideas, resources for materials, and some general
information on paddling.
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Michael Wick's Home
Page - Homebuilder shares his experiences and pictures
of kayaks and canoes that he has built.
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The North
Woods Paddle - Article written by Rick Waters and supported
by the Wooden Canoe Heritage Association. Describes making
a traditional wood paddle.
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PakYak
Prototype - Online plans, pictures, and discussion of
Jim Heter's custom-designed folding kayak.
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Real Wooden Boats
- Provides tips on building a cedar strip canoe, photos of
construction of a Cosine Wherry, and links to other boatbuilding
sites.
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Repair
Large Holes in Your Canoes - Tips for fixing fiberglass,
foam sandwich and aluminum hulls.
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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.
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Sea Spirit Kayaks
- A summary of kayak building experiences: North Bay I, North
Bay II, Sea Spirit I, and Sea Spirit II.
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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.
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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.
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WebRing
- Web ring for kayak building sites.
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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.
