My woodworking experience includes home improvement projects and cabinetry, all amateur level. As to boats, I’ve built an Oughtred sailing canoe and a CLC kayak from scratch, a Caledonia Yawl finished out from a bare hull built for me, and two F1’s from tiny drawings before there were plans. And just recently a Large Pack...
"Dale’s Small Pack 66 Canoe in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia"Continue reading
Hi everyone, I’m an 18 year old joiner in the last year of my 4 year apprenticeship. Altought I’m familiar with the machines and everything, I don’t work with solid wood that much. At my workplace, we use chipboard most of the time. This made the build even more interesting for me. 6th October 2021...
"Oliver’s F1 Build, Schwyz, Switzerland"Continue reading
A year after the COVID pandemic forced us to hold off on our building class, we are back again to resume. This year we have 7 builders, making 3 F1s, 3 LPBs, and one West Greenland kayak. We are lucky to have a very good lumberyard in White Plains NY that carries clear red cedar...
"YPRC Kayak Build 2021"Continue reading
I initially wanted to build a tandem canoe the would nest over my cedar strip canoe. Fortunately, I reached out to Brian and he talked me down. Using his suggestions I started with this canoe at 15′-6″ long, 31″ wide with a 1″ tumblehome and 12.4″ deep. The D/B is .40 and R/B 1.44. To...
Starting with the Greenland paddles. I started with the paddles as it felt less intimidating than starting with the kayak. I chose a beam of red cedar, looking for the ‘ideal’ grain orientation described in the CFK paddle plans. The beam was thick enough to cut out three paddles, below is a picture of the...
"Eric’s F1 build in Finistère"Continue reading
Vancouver, B.C., Canada It’s Early August…I’m standing in my garage taking stock of the offcuts and leftovers from my yellow cedar tandem canoe build. I find myself doing some mental math and realising I have enough yellow cedar left over to make a steam bent cockpit coaming and about 45 F1 ribs..! I was first...
"Rory’s F1 Build with Yellow Cedar Ribs, Vancouver, BC"Continue reading
Building an East Greenland kayak. The kayak was built with the help of Brain Schulz's (Cape Falcon Kayaks) online kayak building course.
"Berend’s East Greenland kayak, Leiden (The Netherlands)"Continue reading
My all-around kayak is the Boreal Baffin P1. It behaves well in rough water, there is lots of storage space, robust, and it rolls like a dream. But perfect, it is not. Long, wide, and a beast to carry. I cringe by the thought of lifting it onto the roof rack solo. I am 169...
"Olav’s low volume West Greenland, Stavanger, Norway"Continue reading
I built my first kayak in 2017. It was a cedar-strip “Frej”, designed by Björn Thomasson (https://www.thomassondesign.com/en/katalog/mina-kajaker/frej). I love it and go paddling whenever I can. For those interested, my build is detailed here: https://www.thomassondesign.com/en/news/another-two-frej-launched Still, as soon as I finished it I felt like building a new one. And wanted to try another construction...
"Axel’s F1 build in Arles, Southern France"Continue reading
I spent a while researching the kind of canoe I could make, cedar strip seemed like the most aesthetically pleasing, but I didn’t fancy all the sanding of resin involved or the cost. Western red does grow in England but its pretty knotty, and imported cedar from N.america is very pricey .The plywood stitch-up seemed...
"Urban canoe nest, Bristol,England"Continue reading
