Student Builds | Cape Falcon Kayak

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...

Berend’s C1 canoe

July 2024August 2024Leave a comment

Check out this C1 canoe build from Berend in the Netherlands. Berend has built two of our other kayaks both of which are on our Student Builds blog. Berend designed this himself. It weighs 13kg and he says it is quite fast. ___This post was originally featured on our Instagram feed.See the original post...

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...

Luke’s West Greenland kayak

May 2024July 2024Leave a comment

Just wanted to share this lovely West Greenland kayak build from @_easternhorizon_ Luke built our 5% scale up version of this boat and then decided he wanted a little more volume so we drew up a custom 7% scale up for him. Lots of great photos of this and the previous build on his...

Joe’s finished skin-on-frame rowing shell

November 2023July 2024Leave a comment

A while while back I posted about Joe, a high school senior who decided to build a skin on frame rowing shell for his senior project. He had previously built one of my skin on frame canoes when he was 16 so I agreed to mentor him through this project. Joe designed the rowing...

A lovely student-built rowing canoe

November 2023July 2024Leave a comment

Check out this lovely rowing canoe built by one of our students to use on the St. Croix river in Minnesota. This is a perfect example of the versatility of our building system. He started out building a 32” wide x 15’6” long solo canoe, then rounded out the bottom a little more for...

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,...

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...

Jorge’s sailing tandem

August 2023July 2024Leave a comment

Check out this student build by Jorge who just finished this beautiful 16’6” x 36” tandem canoe! It’s a bit heavier than it should be due to the floorboards, (most people don’t believe me, but camping mats in the bottom work fantastic and weigh nothing) but if he’s happy, I’m happy. “Maiden voyage was...

Check out these nesting canoes built by Serda and Cadgas in Turkey!

August 2023July 2024Leave a comment

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...

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...

Giovanni’s tandem canoe

July 2023July 2023Leave a comment

Check out this recently completed tandem, built by Giovanni on Bainbridge Island, Washington. I’ll let him describe it in his own words:“I am over the moon today! Just back from the first trip on my new skin on frame tandem canoe. I have started this project back in Dec 22’ and planned to have...