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On YouTube: The Pedal Drive Canoe system is officially released!

October 2023July 2024Leave a comment

The Pedal Drive Canoe system is officially released! This was a LOT more work than I expected but hopefully it will help people that can’t use a canoe paddle for whatever reason get back on the water in a canoe. In this YouTube video, I show you how the system works and go into...

Video: Just some nice imagery of the pedal canoe

October 2023July 2024Leave a comment

The last task before officially releasing the pedal drive modification for our skin-on-frame canoes is to cut this intro sequence for the explainer video down to 15 seconds, but before I start chopping, I thought I would share the whole thing with you guys. Enjoy! ___ This post was originally featured on our Instagram...

One nice thing about Home Depot

October 2023July 2024Leave a comment

The nice thing about Home Depot is that nobody gives an F if I spend 45 minutes hi-grading the stud piles for boatbuilding wood. Kiln dried, barely any knots, It’s not a bad poor mans clear spruce, to be honest. I’ll be cutting these down to 5×7/8 when I get home. ___ This post...

Video: Speed testing the pedal drive canoe

October 2023July 2024Leave a comment

If I really wanted to see how the pedal drive canoe fared against a sea kayak I probably shouldn’t have chosen a 6’4” experienced kayaker and put him in our fastest boat. I was definitely working harder than he was to keep pace during the “normal effort” leg. My normal cruising speed is more...

Don’s nesting pack canoes

October 2023July 2024Leave a comment

“Hi Brian, I finally completed the build of our pair of nesting pack canoes. We’ve now had the chance to paddle them several times on a few different bodies of water and are able to report how extremely pleased we are with them. The boats each came in at about 18lbs, are surprisingly fast,...

Video: More testing in the pedal drive tandem

October 2023July 2024Leave a comment

The more time we spend in the pedal canoe, the more natural it becomes switching between pedal, paddle or sail just depending on the situation. Mixing pedal and paddle is especially fun for maneuvering. For the record, sail trolling has never gone well for me, but that doesn’t seem to stop me from continuing...

Video: Self-rescue practice in the pedal drive solo canoe

October 2023July 2024Leave a comment

I still don’t understand if it’s really possible to self rescue a solo canoe? Here I’m doing some self rescue practice with the smaller of the two pedal drive prototypes. It’s not really much different than doing the same thing without the pedal drive, although it is a little more dicey because it’s hard...

Video: Sail testing the pedal drive canoe

October 2023July 2024Leave a comment

I’m playing a little game today. Wind picks up sail goes up, wind dies down, sail comes down, petal Drive goes in. I even managed to clock a few miles with the Bixby electric motor. There’s definitely worse things to do with one’s time… ___ This post was originally featured on our Instagram feed....

On YouTube: Adding Color to a Skin on Frame Boat

October 2023July 2024Leave a comment

New video on the Cape Falcon Kayak YouTube channel! We just finished a massive color test with our 40 different colors of acid dye and earth pigment applied to the nylon cloth with the coating system that we use and exposed to sunlight for 1000 hours so you can see the results before and...

Mike’s F1 kayak

September 2023July 2024Leave a comment

This was a nice email to wake up to: “I have been meaning to do this for a while – I just wanted to express my appreciation for this wonderful design of the F1 and the seamless build experience from your videos and personal availability. It is a rare product where over the course...

Video: “We probably should have learned how to paddle the canoe before filming ourselves doing it”

September 2023July 2024Leave a comment

Actual quote from this paddle: “We probably should have learned how to paddle the canoe before filming ourselves doing it.” The reality is we’ve done almost all of our canoeing in solos, which limits my tandem experience to Boy Scouts and Liz’s to none. I wish I had an audio recorder running the entire...

Video: Behind the scenes of our studio setup

September 2023July 2024Leave a comment

Here’s our basic setup for doing studio work: I like this setup because it’s simple, sturdy, and gets the job done. All this hardware has a lot of battle scars it this point, but it just keeps working, which is my most important requirement! ___ This post was originally featured on our Instagram feed....

Video: Transforming the pedal drive canoe back to a “regular” canoe

September 2023July 2024Leave a comment

Here we are transforming the pedal drive canoe back into an ordinary canoe. The finished results ends up about 3 pounds heavier than the same canoe without pedal drive capability, which isn’t too bad. In the original prototype all these parts collectively weighed about 5 pounds more, so we’re definitely making progress. ___ This...

Video: Thoughts on using the latest solo/tandem pedal drive canoe

September 2023July 2024Leave a comment

Some thoughts on using the latest solo/tandem pedal drive canoe prototype in solo mode: I love paddling/pedaling this boat! I was afraid that the pedal drive would steal some of the magic of normal canoeing, but it turns out that it’s just a different flavor of addictive. With no paddle tipping in the water...

Video: Behind the scenes

September 2023July 2024Leave a comment

I’m doing an experiment this month where I’m going to be sharing some parts of our job that you don’t normally see here on Instagram. Let me know what you think, and if there’s anything specifically that you’re interested in seeing or learning about? ___ This post was originally featured on our Instagram feed....