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La Mina - http://www.schaik.com/canoe/
Steps and photos of building a canoe with classic shapes, but using modern, readily available, and cheap materials. |
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Kayak Building Workshop - http://www.inukshukinn.com/kayak-construction-workshop.htm
Focuses on building sea kayak using traditional Inuit methods in Nunavut, Canada. |
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Ross Leidy's Kayak Building - http://www.blueheronkayaks.com/
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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Real Wooden Boats - http://home.nycap.rr.com/boats/
Provides tips on building a cedar strip canoe, photos of construction of a Cosine Wherry, and links to other boat building sites. |
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Don's Kayak Building - http://home.rochester.rr.com/rlm/kayak/Kayak_Page.htm
Details of personally building a Mill Creek 15 kayak. |
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Simple Oars - http://www.bateau.com/free/simple_oars.html
Free oar plans with photos. |
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Ken's Temporary Kayak Pages - http://www.dbeweb.com/kayak/
Information on how building Euro and Greenland paddles, wood strip kayak construction, glassing, and extensive photographs. |
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Quick-N-Dirty Oars - http://www.diybob.com/oars.htm
Instructions for making oars by David Goodchild. |
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Ferwerda Wood and Canvas Canoes - http://www.geocities.com/mferwerd/
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 mast ring, and photos of a canoe rigged up for sailing. |
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Baker Brothers Boats Seakayak - http://www.geocities.com/shawnkayak/
Amateur boatbuilder's working journals with pictures. |
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Grant's Stitch and Glue Canoe - http://www.riverstoneinternet.com/canoebuilding/
How to build an ultra light stitch and glue plywood canoe that really looks like a canoe. |
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Kent's Kayaks - http://www.geocities.com/kentsyaks/index.html
Provides information on kayak building, pictures of design ideas, resources for materials, and some general information on paddling. |
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Sea Spirit Kayaks - http://www.seaspiritkayaks.com/
A summary of kayak building experiences: North Bay I, North Bay II, Sea Spirit I, and Sea Spirit II. |
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PakYak Prototype - http://robroy.dyndns.info/pakyak/
Online plans, pictures, and discussion of Jim Heter's custom-designed folding kayak. |
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Doug's Boat Page - http://www.personal.kent.edu/~mgarmon/
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. |
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Dave's Kayak Building - http://www.frontiernet.net/~gdmurphy/kayak_page.htm
Details of building a Chesapeake LT17, a 17 foot sea kayak. |
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Surfing Outrigger Canoe Project - http://www.kzo.net/canoe/
Summary of building an 18 foot surf canoe. Includes project log, materials list, and summary of the construction steps. |
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Wooden Canoe - http://home.student.uva.nl/b.a.m.loeff/kano/Engels/
14' stitch-and-glue open kayak, built from (free) bateau.com plans, of two sheets of plywood. Construction photos. |
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Building a Redwood Canoe - Strippers Guide - http://wooden_canoe.tripod.com/
Details photographs, instructions, tips and troubleshooting for constructing a redwood canoe. Also includes related links. |
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The Canoe Paddle Page - http://homepages.tesco.net/~moosehead/
Information on designing and creating wooden canoe paddles. Also offers a photo gallery of paddles and relevant books and articles. |