Hi, I’m Luca, 18 years old and currently finishing school. As long as I remember I like to kayak, sail or build things in my workshop. To combine woodwork and kayaking I decided to build a F1 kayak. Day 1: I started cutting the ribs and coaming out of an ash trunk with Franz...
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Mike’s F1 build, Alexandria, Minnesota
As part of a work anniversary I received a 8 foot kayak, I used that for a while, but soon realized that I wanted something faster with better handling. After looking at plastic kayaks for a while and researching kayaks on the internet I decided to buy a used 13 foot fiberglass Epic kayak,...
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Ruadhán’s and Aidan’s F1 Build, Dublin, Ireland.
Having grown out of a skin-on-frame kayak we made several years ago, and suffering from prolonged Covid lockdown boredom, my 14 year old son decided to go for it again. This time the key objectives were to go for a kayak with good handling and durability. We spend a lot of time researching all...
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Adam’s triple 66 Canoe build, Flat Rock, MI
I’m currently building 3 Cape Falcon Kayak ’66 Canoe’ boats. They are full-size, solo, single-blade-style canoes, with recurved stems which will nest together. Measurements are the same as the M, L & XL size single-blade solos in the “Sample Canoe Sizing” plans (13′-8″, 14′-8″, 15′-8″), except widths are 27″, 29″ & 31″, respectively. BACKGROUND...
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Günter’s West Greenland and F1, Austria
I got Greenland on my mind – Cape Falcon West Greenland and F1 build. Well, how shall I put it…..It all started back in last year when I built the F1 on a carbon frame. Due to materials (Nylon and PU) available my boat had never been that smooth and shiny as I would...
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Francesca’s F1 Kayak, Seattle, WA
My Kayak I’m a thirteen year old living in Seattle and I built my own kayak. It is a skin-on-frame F1 designed by Brian Schultz of Cape Falcon Kayak and I made it in our driveway. In the beginning, I was skeptical I could build a boat but it wasn’t as hard as I...
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Skin-on-Frame Hatches and Bulkheads:Peter’s F2 Modification, South Australia
A note from Brian: People frequently ask me about hatches and bulkheads in a skin-on-frame kayak. Having gone down this road many years ago I concluded that the time and effort involved is a bit of a mismatch to the elegant simplicity of skin-on-frame. I’m not against hatches, I just think they make more...
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16’4” Yellow Cedar Tandem Tripping Canoe, Vancouver, BC
Vancouver, B.C., Canada June 2020: Gathering tools and supplies, and lots of thinking While watching some of the early prep videos for the course I’ve been plotting my way through a tools and supplies list and settled on some things I need on my shopping list. One great Ebay find was a $40 Stanley...
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Paul’s F1 build – Fort William, Scotland
Start up trials The build starts Impossible to get dowel of this size locally so it’s a DIY job on the lathe! Now for the “loop and gloop” stage. The skin is Ballistic Nylon, high tenacity, greige fabric, 850 den, 310g/sqm, white from Extremtextil, Dresden and the gloop is Lechler (Como, Italy) LS140 (29140)...
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Paul’s F1 Seattle WA
Background I’d seen a number of skin on frame kayaks for years and they had always been under the category of “Why?”. Unlike most kayaks you can’t find a local dealer and take it out for a spin. A friend had mentioned Cape Falcon Kayaks but the idea of spending time and money building...
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