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Video: Sam in his LPB

July 2023July 2024Leave a comment

Check out this short video from Sam who just completed our LPB kayak design. This is Sam’s second skin on frame boat. The first one was one of our canoes. Thanks for sharing Sam! From the website: “Pulling much of it’s genetics from race, rather than sea kayaks, the LPB features a narrow catch...

Video: A quick peek at the new 225 lb size LPB

April 2023June 2023Leave a comment

Not great filming but here’s a quick peek at the new 225 pound size LPB kayak on the water with a 225lb person (thanks Jim). This kayak is 17 feet long and 23 inches wide and weighs 36lbs fully rigged. Jim was a bit wobbly due to not being on the water for a...

Talking color and rigging on the new LPB

April 2023June 2023Leave a comment

Just a random shot from some filming I was doing yesterday on the new 225 pound size LPB. This shows our standard deck rigging pattern which is an eclectic mix of bungee, rope, plastic,and leather. Every piece has a very specific job to do, for example, I would never use bungee directly ahead of...

Video: A 90-second tour of our modern kayaks

April 2023July 2023Leave a comment

My kayak outfitting recipe is an eclectic mix ingredients, but each element has a very specific job to do. Feel free to ask questions!...

Saran wrap testing the new 230lb size LPB kayak

March 2023June 2023Leave a comment

Took the new 230lb size LPB kayak frame down to the water for some shrink wrap testing. I couldn’t get my hands on an appropriately sized paddler for the test so we had to rely on Tom plus some water bags for weight. This is a little risky because there’s no guarantee that the...

The 230 lb LPB is coming together

March 2023June 2023Leave a comment

I am extremely happy with how the new 230 pound size LPB frame has come together. This version is 23 1/4 inches wide and 17 feet long, although just like all LPB’s it is 1 inch narrower where you actually take the stroke, and that combined with the flared hull makes it functionally equivalent...

Scaling for the new prototype 230lb LPB

March 2023June 2023Leave a comment

Just finished the scaling for the new prototype 230lb LPB kayak size. I’m not exactly good at math (or thinking) and it’s not as simple as just multiplying all of the measurements by a ratio, so this is always a bit stressful. This time we are going for an exact proportional scale which is...

Video: Edge turning the LPB

October 2022June 2023Leave a comment

Not great footage, but a really good demonstration of the LPB’s edge turning abilities. it will do the same thing in a 20 mph cross wind. With the recent focus on sailing I’ve been putting a lot of rudders on kayaks, so I can say from personal experience that the LPB actually turns FASTER...

Congratuations Lisa on paddling the MR340 in your LPB!

July 2022June 2023Leave a comment

Huge congratulations to my friend and Cape Falcon Kayak builder Lisa who just finished the MR340 in her LPB in 75 hrs with a 7.5mph average speed. She finished 14th in the solo female division! If you’re not familiar with the MR340 it’s a 340 mile long race along in Missouri River across the...

Video: effects of too little bow rocker

May 2022September 2022Leave a comment

This video is a perfect example of the negative effect that an undersized kayak with too little bow rocker has on downwave performance. I’ve been expanding the size range on my LPB design and this is the prototype of the new 125 pound size. It has 1/2 inch less bow rocker than it should...

Super informative day on the water yesterday

February 2022September 2022Leave a comment

Super informative day on the water yesterday. I had the opportunity to launch the new 140 pound size LPB and paddle it next to my 165 pound flat-deck sail-modified F1 and a plastic Valley Gemini. The Gemini belongs to Jessi, an avid Seattle area kayaker who built an LPB last year and is planning...

More photos from the LPB saran wrap test

January 2022September 2022Leave a comment

Deep in the video updates and plan edits right now so not much time to post. Here’s a few more photos from saran wrap day that really shows the unique shape of the LPB. This size is 21 1/2 inches wide behind the paddle her and 20 1/2 inches wide at the knees. Back...

Video: A few more clips from the LPB saran wrap test

January 2022September 2022Leave a comment

Here’s a few more clips from the LPB saran wrap test a week ago. This new size is 16’4” long, 21.5 inches wide at the backrest, 20.5 at the knees, and is targeted at 140 pound paddler. I’m overloading it here so I’m sinking the tail a little too deep (I paddle the 22...

Frame modifications on the new LPB

January 2022September 2022Leave a comment

I’ve developed this terrible habit lately of adding a whole bunch of frame modifications for accessories that I end up not using. Seems like it takes just long enough for me to glue things on to decide that something was a stupid idea and I should do it differently! This latest LPB frame features...

Video: Saran wrap test on the new LPB kayak

January 2022July 2023Leave a comment

Ever since the last Greenland design progression, wrapping new boats in plastic and testing them has become standard operating procedure. It’s a bit wasteful but not nearly as much as skinning the boat, paddling it once, and then never using it again. This is my second LPB frame in 2 weeks as I work...