Check out these nesting canoes built from our Plans by Serda and Cadgas in Turkey! “We are from Turkey, and we live in Bodrum on the southwest coast. I am a sculptor, and Cagdas is stage designer, but for the last 3 years and still we have been working together at a shipyard for...
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Benjamin’s catamaran concept
A couple days ago I got an email from Benjamain in Germany who is interested in building a small adventure catamaran, and wanted to know what I thought of the idea. I was immediately captivated by the drawings he sent me and asked if I could share them. Based on my own experience, I...
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More progress on the new pedal drive canoe prototype
More progress on the new pedal drive canoe prototype. Started the day by opening up some oak billets that I let sit in plastic for too long, and was not surprised to find them covered in mold. Fortunately, after resawing them into ribs and rounding the edges very little of that actually remained. After...
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Building the deck for the next pedal drive prototype
Finally found some time to build the deck for the next pedal drive canoe prototype. This one is a mini tandem/big guy solo and once again, I’m pushing the limits of how small of a canoe I feel like the drive could work in. At 15’6” long, 34” wide, and 12.5” deep, a 325...
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Video: One more of the Mirage drive in action
Just one more of the Mirage drive in action. We start on the next prototype tomorrow and I’m gonna try very hard to get plans and videos for this done by the end of August. ___ This post was originally featured on our Instagram feed. See the original post and discussion here. Follow Cape...
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Video: Another clip from yesterday’s pedal drive canoe test
Just another clip from yesterdays pedal drive canoe testing. It doesn’t give me quite the same satisfaction as using a canoe paddle, but it’s faster, easier to push into the wind, and most importantly, I can actually do it with my spinal injury! ___ This post was originally featured on our Instagram feed. See...
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Video: A bit of early morning canoe testing
Just a bit of early morning canoe testing. I like the new seat and tiller assembly; steering is exactly where my hands naturally fall and doesn’t shift when I take my hands off the tiller. The drop seat adds a bit more stability to this narrower pedal drive canoe (they can be build any...
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Video: Seating upgrade for the pedal drive canoe prototype
I’ve upgraded the seating for the pedal drive canoe prototype. I started out with an 18 inch long flat seat because I thought I would need the thigh support, but I quickly realized that wasn’t actually necessary and it didn’t leave me enough room to sit on the floor of the canoe while sailing....
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Video: Adding seat building instructions to the canoe course
We’re finally adding seat building instructions to the Canoe Building Course and giving the pedal drive canoe a seating upgrade in the process. ___This post was originally featured on our Instagram feed.See the original post and discussion here. Follow Cape Falcon Kayak on Instagram »...
Video: How sailing superstitions are born
On our last kayak catamaran test sail we held hands for a moment and the wind picked up, then we did it again, and the same thing happened so we developed a superstition that holding hands made the wind increase. It’s amazing how quickly superstition takes hold in a sailing context. Here we are...
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On the water pedal drive test with Tom
I’m slowly grinding through all the testing that needs to happen to make the pedal drive canoe a reality. Today we tested it with longer legs and larger feet and several different rudder blades. I was holding my breath on the feet because I really can’t lower the flood level any farther, so however...
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Video: Building canoe seats
It’s hard to justify the time it takes to build a canoe seat when you can buy a good one for $40. Unfortunately, the new pedal drive system requires some custom seating geometry so I figured I would use the opportunity to film seat building instructions for our canoe building course. It’s very weird...
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Video: More drone footage of our canoe rowing and sailing system
Here’s another bit of drone footage of our canoe rowing and sailing system. More than anything else both of these features are designed to be as simple as possible. My recent experiments with the pedal drive not withstanding, I generally subscribe to the philosophy that complexity is the enemy in small boats. The pop-up...
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Video: Tool Tuesday: Stabila Tape Measure
One more thing I forgot to mention is that the end has a textured coating that hangs onto things way better than a normal tape measure. ___ This post was originally featured on our Instagram feed. See the original post and discussion here. Follow Cape Falcon Kayak on Instagram »...
Video: pedal drive canoe prototype in row / sail mode
Here’s the pedal drive canoe prototype in row / sail mode. In my defense I had a much more graceful dismount planned but dude in the boat slid in front of me at the last moment! ___ This post was originally featured on our Instagram feed. See the original post and discussion here. Follow...
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