I want to take a moment here to introduce Ant Mace of Shipshape Boatworks, our exclusive UK builder. An experienced wooden boat builder already, Ant first caught my attention by asking about my skin-on-frame guideboats. I get a lot of interest in these beautiful craft, but very little follow through. I sent Ant a...
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Richard’s tandem canoe
While I wait for the oil on the row-canoe to dry, I wanted to share the first full-size double canoe frame to be built with the new canoe building system. This frame was built by Richard in Maryland. It’s 16 feet long 32 inches wide, 12.5 inches deep. This was intended as a fast...
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Charlie’s West Greenland kayak
A gorgeous Greenland kayak built from our plans. Nice work Charlie!...
Starting to see photos come in from builders around the world
Starting to see photos come in from builders around the globe working off our new plans. Check out this freshly ribbed frame @rvfoucher is working on....
Claire stopped by a few weeks ago to test
Claire stopped by a few weeks ago to test paddle an F1. She’s building her own this winter for a solo kayak journey from source to sea on the Columbia River next summer. She’ll spend 3 months paddling 2000 kilometres between Canal Flats BC and Astoria Oregon, documenting the journey in photographs and an...
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Lukas’s F1 kayak
It’s been all canoes, all the time the last few weeks while we prep the building course for release, but check out this F1 built by Lukas in Vermont, from our kayak building course and plans. Lukas documented his whole build on the Student Builds blog on our website. We love to see the...
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David’s F1 kayak build
Check out the excellent build that David has been documenting on his feed. Really solid build - it's always such a pleasure to watch students' boats coming together....
Sixten’s West Greenland replica kayak
Check out this West Greenland replica kayak built by Sixten in Norway. This is the third boat he's built off my plans, and he made some of his own design modifications this time around. Love seeing these getting built, and love seeing builders customize them to make them their own....
Check out the review Peter sent me after finishing his F1
Check out the review Peter sent me after finishing his F1 build. It’s great seeing these builds happening around the world, and awesome to hear from people out enjoying their boats: “After a reasonable bit of flat water paddling and paddling in strong winds I finally got it out into some rough water, well...
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Check out @shipshapeworks dual F1 build, up on the
Check out Ant from Shipshape Boatworks’s dual F1 build, up on the student builds blog. Lots of photos in his instagram feed as well. As always, loving seeing student builds in progress, and reading about the modifications people choose to make on their boats, and the resources they share for finding materials. Check out...
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Rich’s Photos from Hawaii
Rich and Bailey built kayaks with me last fall. I love hearing from Rich because he is my #1 product tester, using these kayaks in the ferocious open water and surf zones of the Big Island of Hawaii. “We returned to Hawai`i with open arms and realized that icy cold water and weather has...
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