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Big Projects and Little Projects: The Cape Falcon Kayak Summer 2013 Update

September 2013June 2023Leave a comment

I’ll begin by getting the ‘poor me’ portion of this update out of the way. The injury still sucks, and despite my best efforts with physical therapy, massage, trigger point release, acupuncture, deep breathing, essential oils, prayer, seances, ouija boards, and voodoo…. It STILL f***ing hurts. Slight improvements over this spring include: the ability...

Unforeseen Difficulties: The Cape Falcon Kayak Winter/Spring Update

April 2013June 2023Leave a comment

This winter began as most any other, with a giant sigh of relief as I settled in for some much deserved time alone with a fishing pole, pouring rain, and endless miles of solitude on the river. I woke to a familiar rhythm, darkness, coffee, the cold and the wetness, the rumbling engine of...

Rain: The Cape Falcon Kayak Fall Update 2012

November 2012June 2023Leave a comment

First, to answer the question that I’m sure half of America has been on the edge of their seat wondering…. No, I did not kill an elk this year. At the conclusion of twenty consecutive days of stalking the coastal forests with minimal nourishment and maximal exertion, I returned home without the trophy that...

Food: The Cape Falcon Kayak Summer Update 2012

July 2012June 2023Leave a comment

I have a confession to make, last week was the first time I’ve been in a kayak in months. As someone who’s built their reputation as a designer on being a fierce and avid paddler, I share this information with a guilty conscience. The truth is, I’ve lived and breathed kayaking for the last fifteen years...

Flow: The Cape Falcon Kayak Spring Update 2012

April 2012June 2023Leave a comment

Equinox, warmer rain, breaks of sun, chlorophyll floods the landscape, there is light in the morning and the evening, the farm comes to life, my whitewater trips are slowly replaced by surf missions. The thrill of spring is here! We just finished our first class of the year here at the shop and for once we had nice...

Transformation: The Cape Falcon Kayak Winter 2012 Report

February 2012June 2023Leave a comment

Between building and designing kayaks and building my off-grid organic farm, the last four years have been a crashing wave of relentless productivity. Occasionally a smooth carve and turn, often a violent tumbling side-surf. As I washed ashore and shook off the salt this fall, I found myself wondering, what next? I saw lots...

Farewell September… Cape Falcon Kayak Update, Fall 2011

September 2011June 2023Leave a comment

Like the salmon I’ve pursued this year, I’m beginning to realize that I too am an anadromous creature, whether it’s building sea kayaks or using them, all spring and summer my focus is on the ocean, on food, and generally growing fatter for the coming winter. The salmon are eating, my business produces cash, the farm...

I swear I’ll get to it tomorrow….. A Cape Falcon Kayak Summer Photo Update and General Purpose Apology

August 2011June 2023Leave a comment

Even beginning to complain about the hardships of being a successful kayak builder on the Oregon coast, (much less a successful boat builder of any sort anywhere) is certain to earn me a tide wrathful emails from people trapped behind desks across America. So I ask your forgiveness while I bemoan my station: hoo...

Adventures in Neuroplasticity: The Cape Falcon Kayak update, Spring 2011

April 2011June 2023Leave a comment

“The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes.” Many years ago I stumbled on this quote by the tragically wheezy 19th century french author Marcel Proust. I can’t tell you what else Proust wrote because I haven’t read a speck of it, but this singular sentence,...

Cape Falcon Kayak 2010 Review: A Kayak Named Sarah McLachlan

November 2010June 2023Leave a comment

What’s up with the climbing gear? I’ll get back to that, but if you’ve followed this site for any length of time you’ve at least suspected that this isn’t really a site about kayaking at all, but rather a site about living. More than making the best skin-on-frame kayaks in the world, my website...

Life by kayak 2009

December 2009July 2023Leave a comment

Cape Falcon Kayak celebrates another year of remaining financially solvent without having to get a real job…. …which is probably a good thing, because it seems that even ‘real jobs’ were in short supply this year. Like many of you, I was sweating pretty hard this spring when for the first time in five...

Man Rolls Truck over Kayaks, and other photos

November 2006June 2023Leave a comment

How tough are they? Anton Wilhelm found out when he rolled his pickup completely over these beautiful new kayaks (not built with me). The total damage can be seen in the last picture. A few cracked ribs and a deck beam broken at the mortise. This picture taken in a sea cave about 2 miles...