STUDENT BUILDS – Cape Falcon Kayak

Rheal’s F1 Kayak, Powell River, BC

January 15, 2021January 24, 2021RhealLeave a comment

January 15, 2021 I spent a few days gathering materials and tools and then setting up a work area in my shop. I was in a bit of a rush as I wanted to get all of this done before my kit and rib stock arrives from Cape Falcon Kayaks as I want to...

Jared’s (stretched) West Greenland, Port Townsend, WA

January 15, 2021January 20, 2021JaredLeave a comment

Why This Boat I really wanted an East Greenland kayak. The F1 I built last summer turned out very well, and I was pleased that it was such a good and practical do-everything boat. But if I was going to build another one, I wanted something different, something weird and outrageous, something long and...

Jean’s F2, Notre Dame des Pins Qc Canada

January 10, 2021January 21, 2021JeanLeave a comment

I live in the country close to a river known for its tendency to flood ( La chaudière) – my friends tease me trying to explain by this my fascination about smallboat building. After building several wood strip canoes , rowboats and a sea kayak I was ready for something else. I found by...

Kevin H 66 Canoe, Green Bay, WI

January 3, 2021January 22, 2021KevinLeave a comment

Nov. 2020: 66 Canoe: 15’12” length: 35″ beam, tandem Gunwales: pine Ribs: white cedar Miscellaneous wood, included. Used a generous amount of Titebond III for gunwales. Let dry for 2 days. Temperature controlled room. Worked fine. Chisled out mortises by hand, again. Kind of relaxing. Not pretty but boat will still float. Misc. pics...

Building a pair of F1s, Bel Air, Maryland

December 25, 2020December 25, 2020Randy6 Comments

Randy Nash Build from September through November 2020 Stuck at home, teleworking, and social distancing during the COVID 19 pandemic has been trying on everyone. I have been fortunate that I am still employed and able to telework, and my family has avoided getting infected ourselves. From that perspective, I could be petty and...

Ken’s 66 pack canoe build, Silverton, Oregon

December 25, 2020January 24, 2021Ken AltmanLeave a comment

I started this project in late October as a way to take my mind off of all the stuff that’s been going on this year. I was going to take a week off of work and see if I might get it built in that time, but life got in the way and I’ve...

Niclas 66 Canoes, Northern Germany

December 19, 2020January 17, 2021NiclasOne Comment

Welcome to my post about the build of two small-ish double paddle packcanoe. I should probably start with a little outlining of the project in general and the goals that I am planing to achieve. Living in the windy, muddy northern Germany where an earth mount of 10m is a mountain and the highway...

Paul’s F1 build – Fort William, Scotland

November 29, 2020January 25, 2021Paul2 Comments

Start up trials The build starts Impossible to get dowel of this size locally so it’s a DIY job on the lathe!...

Markus’s F1, Austria

November 16, 2020January 24, 2021Markus2 Comments

Hi, my name is Markus, I am located near Salzburg in Austria. 27.10.2020 I used one board of white oak and one giant board of fir that I found at a small local sawmill. In order to get it in to my van I had to split it longitudianal and cut the ends off....

Phillip and the West Greenland Kayak build(Stretched form ), Glengarry, Tasmania, Australia .

November 15, 2020December 27, 2020PhillipLeave a comment

Nov 2020 I have almost finished the prep work for the stretched form of the West Greenland Kayak. 17 Nov The west system epoxy created a few problems, it makes for a slippery surface and as the clamps were attached they became hard to hold and even with the wax it stuck to the...