66 Canoe | Cape Falcon Kayak

Video: Bending oak problems and a new rib-rounding jig

August 2024August 2024Leave a comment

Cutting up bending oak for this particular boat kind of sucked. I realized that the wood I had been saving for this project had more inclusions than I thought, so I decided to dig to the bottom of the pile where I abandoned some decent boards a few years ago. I planed and sliced...

Video: Cutting tenons for the canoe seats

August 2024August 2024Leave a comment

Thanks again to @chbecksvoort49 for this tenon cutting method! ___This post was originally featured on our Instagram feed.See the original post and discussion here. Follow Cape Falcon Kayak on Instagram »...

St. Lawrence River Skiff: Building the seat frames

August 2024August 2024Leave a comment

Am I the only person who is surprised by how long it takes to make a good set of canoe seats? If I’m being honest, it probably takes me 16 hours to complete a pair of seats with seat backs, varnish, webbing stapled on, everything. It seems like it should be a one day...

Quetico Trip Report

August 2024August 2024Leave a comment

“Hi Brian, I saw your email today about the updates to the canoe course and it reminded me that I never sent a report on the trip to the Quetico / Boundary Waters. It was the first long journey with the canoe and it shined! We were in the Quetico for 11 days in...

Video: On the water testing seat height and angle

August 2024August 2024Leave a comment

Here I’m testing various seat height and angle configurations before making my final decisions on the next boat. Basically I’m trying to figure out how flat of a seat and how low of a seat back I can get away with for the River Skiff. Playing a bit of rebar roulette in the industrial...

Serge’s canoe in progress

July 2024August 2024Leave a comment

Check out this video by @sergepropose on Instagram, who is building one of our kayaks right now. There’s an entire series of these videos on his page that shows the construction of the kayak from start to finish. Serge is an incredible craftsman who also builds custom van interiors among other things. I’m envious...

Peter and Mindy’s tandem canoe

June 2024July 2024Leave a comment

Congratulations to Peter and Mindy who just finished a 16’3” x 34“ wide tandem built with our system. (This started 36 inches wide, but they pulled in 2 inches of tumble home at the end of the build.) This is basically the same boat that Jake and Monty just used on the Appalachian Canoe...

Jake and Monty’s Northern Forest Canoe Trail (record-breaking??) trip

June 2024July 2024Leave a comment

Congratulations to Jake and Monty who likely just set a record time on the Northern Forest Canoe Trail in a tandem they built from our plans. The trail itself is 740 miles with 23 rivers and streams, 59 lakes and ponds, 45 communities, and 65 portages (totaling 70+ miles). It took them 17 1/2...

This has to be my favorite canoe launch of all time

June 2024July 2024Leave a comment

This has to be my favorite canoe launch of the year. @dustflour built a pack canoe and a solo canoe, and then walked them down to the beach in San Diego for a surf session. This makes me smile because it used to be my own first launch protocol for many years. Well done...

On YouTube: Thoughts on the Pedal Drive Canoe System after months of testing in Mexico

May 2024July 2024Leave a comment

Just posted a new video on the Cape Falcon Kayak YouTube channel where we do a a detailed review of how the pedal drive canoe performed and held up to 4 1/2 months of rough use in Mexico. There’s tons of great information here for anyone that’s interested in pedal drive watercraft and/or skin...

On YouTube: Skin on Frame Canoe Testing Results – after 4 1/2 months in Mexico!

May 2024July 2024Leave a comment

New video on the Cape Falcon Kayak YouTube channel! this is a detailed review of the performance and durability of the canoe that we just spent 4 1/2 months abusing for science! ___This post was originally featured on our Instagram feed.See the original post and discussion here. Follow Cape Falcon Kayak on Instagram »...

Video: Here’s why I like side floats in a canoe

May 2024July 2024Leave a comment

Here’s why I like side floats in a canoe. I’m just washing the canoe here to get the fish blood out, but this works just as well if you’re floating next to the canoe in the water. In just a couple seconds, you can dump 95% of the water out of the boat. ___...

On YouTube: Skin on frame outrigger self-rescue

March 2024July 2024Leave a comment

Here’s the skin on frame outrigger self rescue video that we just put up on YouTube. (Watch to the end for bonus footage of our campsite getting attacked by cows!) ___This post was originally featured on our Instagram feed.See the original post and discussion here. Follow Cape Falcon Kayak on Instagram »...

Video: Catching triggerfish in the pedal canoe

December 2023July 2024Leave a comment

I love catching triggerfish because they are beautiful, abundant, delicious, low in toxins (mercury), and punch hard above their weight in a fight. A 3 pound trigger fish fights harder than a 7 pound steelhead. They are also incredibly durable, with literally the toughest skin of any animal I’ve ever butchered, and bony gill...

Video: Using the new pedal drive canoe with the outrigger

December 2023July 2024Leave a comment

After using the new pedal drive canoe with the outrigger for a few weeks, I’m already planning for the next iteration. As I’ve said multiple times already, I am never going to build another hybrid solo/tandem. The boat just sits too high in the water, and catches too much wind in solo mode. Also,...