Building Canoeing and Kayaking Water Sports

Building

For sites that include information on how to build a canoe or kayak or that relate personal experiences of actually building one.

• - Article about "Uncomplicating Paddle Design, Sizing and Selection" written by Caleb Davis.
  
• - 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.
  
• - 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 mas
  
• - How to build an ultra light stitch and glue plywood canoe that really looks like a canoe.
  
• - A backyard adventure in building a cedar strip kayak. Includes building summary, tips, and photos.
  
• - Aussie-built replica of Rushton's Ugo and other hand-built wooden canoes.
  
• - Details of personally building a Mill Creek 15 kayak.
  
• - Contains links to canoe building and canoeing of wilderness rivers in Canada and the United States.
  
• - Steps and photos of building a canoe with classic shapes, but using modern, readily available, and cheap materials.
  
• - Information on how building Euro and Greenland paddles, wood strip kayak construction, glassing, and extensive photographs.
  
• - All about building kayaks and native boat technology. Includes an introduction to boatbuilding, freeware and shareware boatbuilding software, free boat plans, pictures, and related resources.
  
• - Focuses on building sea kayak using traditional Inuit methods in Nunavut, Canada.
  
• - 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 hat
  
• - Features photographs of a diverse collection of Inuit and Aleut kayak replicas that Harvey Golden has built, and links to related sites
  
• - Connects sites related to building wooden kayaks.
  
• - 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 rel
  
• - Article written by Rick Waters and supported by the Wooden Canoe Heritage Association. Describes making a traditional wood paddle.
  
• - Details photographs, instructions, tips and troubleshooting for constructing a redwood canoe. Also includes related links.
  
• - Details of building a Chesapeake LT17, a 17 foot sea kayak.
  
• - Provides tips on building a cedar strip canoe, photos of construction of a Cosine Wherry, and links to other boat building sites.
  
• - Chronicles the construction of a cedar-strip canoe with detailed comments and pictures. Includes boatbuilding links.
  
• - Instructions for making oars by David Goodchild.
  
• - Provides photos and description of building a wooden kayak. Also includes related links.
  
• - Information on designing and creating wooden canoe paddles. Also offers a photo gallery of paddles and relevant books and articles.
  
• - Online plans, pictures, and discussion of Jim Heter's custom-designed folding kayak.
  
• - A summary of kayak building experiences: North Bay I, North Bay II, Sea Spirit I, and Sea Spirit II.
  
• - Amateur boatbuilder's working journals with pictures.
  
• - An overview of the building process, using traditional materials. Includes tips about building and links to kits, plans, and books.
  
• - Summary of building an 18 foot surf canoe. Includes project log, materials list, and summary of the construction steps.
  
• - Free oar plans with photos.
  
• - Preparations to repair a wood canvas canoe.
  
• - Offers wood-strip watercraft, custom wooden canoe and kayak building. The process, photographs, profile, and contacts.
  
• - Step by step guide with pictures on how to build and fix a waveski.
  
• - Provides information on kayak building, pictures of design ideas, resources for materials, and some general information on paddling.
  
  

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