This page preserves the “old” Cape Falcon Kayak website content, organized in the same list structure as the old homepage. All of these links can also be accessed as posts in the blog.
Kayak Building Classes
Teaching at the NW Maritime Center
First Class of 2014: A Week at Westwind
Building Kayaks at the Northwest Maritime Center: A few photos from the first class of 2012
Winter 2011: Teaching Kayak Building on Orcas Island
Tassie, week two
Teaching in Tassie: A Kayak Building Adventure on the Wrong Side of the Planet
Home Sweet Home: My First Class of the Year at the Shop
Step by Step: Kayak Building Class Photo Documentary
Building Kayaks at the 20th Annual Delmarva Paddlers Retreat
Kayak Class at Valley Forge
Building SC-1’s in San Francisco
Building Kayaks on the East Coast
Building Kayaks in Sitka, Alaska
Kayak building in North Carolina
Kayak Class Photos 2006
Building a Kayak from Driftwood and Scraps: A Photo Documentary
Annual / Seasonal Updates
Cape Falcon Kayak 2020 Update
Cape Falcon Kayak 2019 New Years Update
2018 New Years Video Update
Cape Falcon Kayak 2017 Late Summer Update: Stealing from God!
Beating to Weather
Same Thing We Do Every Day Pinky, Try to Take Over the World
Cape Falcon Kayak 2016 Update
Looking Forward
Saying goodbye to the shop
Flowers in the Valley of Darkness
The Hardest Update I’ve Ever Written
Changes: The Cape Falcon Kayak 2013 Winter Update
Harvest: The Cape Falcon Kayak Fall 2013 Update
Big Projects and Little Projects: The Cape Falcon Kayak Summer 2013 Update
Unforeseen Difficulties: The Cape Falcon Kayak Winter/Spring Update
Rain: The Cape Falcon Kayak Fall Update 2012
Food: The Cape Falcon Kayak Summer Update 2012
Flow: The Cape Falcon Kayak Spring Update 2012
Transformation: The Cape Falcon Kayak Winter 2012 Report
Farewell September… Cape Falcon Kayak Update, Fall 2011
I swear I’ll get to it tomorrow….. A Cape Falcon Kayak Summer Photo Update and General Purpose Apology
Adventures in Neuroplasticity: The Cape Falcon Kayak update, Spring 2011
Cape Falcon Kayak 2010 Review: A Kayak Named Sarah McLachlan
Trips and Adventures
Sometimes You Just Have to Go Paddling…
Solstice Kayak Surf Session
Up and Over: Traversing Overland from Arch Cape to my house via Onion Peak
Creeking Goes Coastal: Two Weeks of Low and Dry Force Us onto the Only Water that’s Left
Happy Holidays: My From-Scratch Pumpkin Pie Recipe, Enjoy
Black Friday Bargain: A Very Special Cape Falcon Kayak Shopping Day
Surf, Salmon, Sunsets, and Smiles: A Couple of Beautiful October Days Boating with Jeff and Cate
Dirk Catches a Wave: A Quick Morning Session before heading back to Newfoundland
Double Your Fun: Testing the New F2 Tandem Prototype on Washington’s wild Ozette Coast
Crash Landing the F2 at Arch Cape
Greenland Rolling
Stalking the Wild Oyster: A Week of Skin Kayak Touring with Traditional Skills Expert Kiliii Yu
Exploring the Coastline of Southern Oregon
Thanksgiving by Kayak
Taking it easy: Exploring Utah’s Green River Canyon
12 Hours in a Drysuit: Just Another Day in Paradise
Paddling with Wally around Cape Falcon
A week of paddling with Alec
Cold Winter Day at the Beach
Monday at the Office: One Day in the Paddling Life of a Skin-on-Frame Kayak Builder
Seaside to Manzanita: Coastal Training Paddle, 22 miles
Slots, Arches, and Caves of Neah-Kah-Nie Mountain
PC-TIKS: Pacific Coast Traditional Inuit Kayak Symposium
My awesome winter paddle day with Rich and Bailey
Rich’s Photos from Hawaii
Hawaii, Part IV: Kayaking the Hamakua Coast, and the Sickness from Hell
Hawaii, Part III: Kayaking the Kona Coast
Hawaii, Part II
Hawaii, Part I: Winter Attempt to Circumnavigate the Big Island
Man Rolls Truck over Kayaks, and other photos
Skipping work, what I did today instead
Salvaging logs by kayak
A free chiropractic adjustment
Kayak Logging
Rescuing a bald eagle
Voyage of Huevos al Gusto
Camp Cruising the Sea of Cortez: Photo Documentary
Skin-on-frame kayak touring on the Oregon coast
My Costa Rica Adventure
Paddling with Warren at Deception Pass
Fish Stories
The Big One
Hooking Up at the Bar: A Tale of Pursuit
Whitewater Kayak Fishing for Winter Steelhead
Crabs for Dinner: A tale of modern day kayak hunting
Murder by Kayak: An Incidental Deer Hunt on the North Fork of the Nehalem
Killer Waves and Stolen Crabs: Biting off a bit more than we could chew on a big Oregon surf day
Traditional Kayaks
Building a Belcher Islands Kayak Frame from Driftwood with Hand Tools
Messing around with the Fram 176
1935 Sisimuit Replica Greenland Kayak
1926 Sisimuit West Greenland Replica Kayak
Early 20th century East Greenland Kayak Replica
1931 Disko Bay West Greenland Replica Kayak Delivered the Old fashioned Way
Mid 20th century West Greenland Kayak Replica
Nineteenth Century West Greenland Kayak Replica
Photo tour of 1931 Southwest Greenland kayak replica
Aleut Kayak Frame
1850s Aleutian Double Kayak
Building a Greenland kayak replica
1834 West Greenland Replica Kayak
It is a shame that most people only know about Greenland kayaks, here is a page crafted by kayak historian Harvey Golden. It shows the broad diversity of traditional arctic kayaks. click here
Modern Kayaks
The New L.P.B.: Now Even Pointier!
Rhino: Experimental Skin-on-Frame Surf Kayak
The Vulcan Surf Project: Modified Fiberglass Squirt Boat
The F2 Tandem Sea Kayak
Tyak: Custom Multisport Racing Kayak
Surfing the F1
The F1 Kayak: Adventures in Kayak Design
Ginnyak II
SC-1 Design Evolution
Building the SC-1
Copying a Fiberglass Kayak in Skin-on-Frame: Building the SC-1
Other Types of Boats
Adirondack Guide Boat, mini
Adirondack Guideboat, Version 2.0
Experimental Boats
The Skin-on-Frame Adirondack Guide Boat
The Blue Canoe
Camp Cruising the Sea of Cortez: Photo Documentary
Building a Skin on Frame Joel White Pulling Boat
Outrigger Sailing Canoe
Modifications and Tutorials
Designing for Injury
Where our Wood Comes From
Foam Thigh Hooks
Ted’s Anti-Pop Footbrace Solution
David’s Greenland Foot Pedals
Installing a Snap Dragon Back Band
A New Seating Option for the F1
Getting to Know Your New F1
Using your Greenland Kayak
Adding a Rub Strip
Adding Deck Rigging
How to Skin a Kayak Quickly
Sustainable Architecture
Japanese Forest House
R-evolution Gardens Bath House
Whitewater
Full Speed Ahead: Boating the North Fork Nehalem at Maximum Floodstage
5 feet on the Gauge: My Second Time Down the Upper Wind
Welcome to California: Land of the Sieve, Please Boat Carefully
Solo on the Salmonberry: A One Paddler Adventure
Sunshine and Sadness: Paddling Away the Tears on the West Fork Hood River
Just Chillin’: Another Fun Run on the June Creek section of the Clackamas
Putting it to the Test: BZ Section on the White Salmon and my first run on the Upper Wind
Best of 2011 Whitewater
First Time on the Farmlands, and the Tragic Stumbles of Michele
November Rafting on the Illinois River: The Complete Guide to Freezing Your Nuts Off
South Fork Wilson River Exploratory: “The Prison Camp Run”
Better than Staying Home: Racing in my first Northwest Creeking Competition
A Tunnel of Green: A Scrapy Summer Run on the Devils Lake Fork of the Wilson River
Go with the Flow: The Sandy Gorge at 2300 cfs on the Marmot Gauge
Up A Creek…
Opal Creek: Just Add Water
Salmon River Canyon: The First Known Class 4 Descent