Video Courses + Boat Plans | Cape Falcon Kayak

On YouTube: The Pedal Drive Canoe system is officially released!

October 2023July 2024Leave a comment

The Pedal Drive Canoe system is officially released! This was a LOT more work than I expected but hopefully it will help people that can’t use a canoe paddle for whatever reason get back on the water in a canoe. In this YouTube video, I show you how the system works and go into...

Video: Adding seat building instructions to the canoe course

July 2023July 2024Leave a comment

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 »...

Timelapse: Steambending a solo canoe

May 2023July 2023Leave a comment

Here we are filming an updated steam bending video for the canoe building course. Like I said in the last post, every couple years I synthesize the recent feedback from my students, and then update the videos accordingly. This new video should be in the course within a couple weeks. ___ This post was...

Video: Steambox construction

May 2023July 2023Leave a comment

Every couple years, I like to update my video courses based on what I’ve learned recently and feedback from students. This year I’m updating the canoe building course so I thought I would share a few clips here and there just to show some examples of our videos. The new steambox design is 1/8”...

Switching focus to canoes

April 2023June 2023Leave a comment

With Liz working on the plans for the recent kayak design updates, I’m switching gears to focus on canoes. Every year I try to update one of my building courses with the latest modifications and building techniques. This year it’s time for the Skin-on-Frame Canoe Building Course to get some fresh updates. My original...

kayaker using a greenland paddle to roll a traditional skin on frame kayak

Celebrating 20 years of building skin boats: new Greenland Paddle Building Course release!

December 2022June 2023Leave a comment

To celebrate our 20 year anniversary of building skin on frame boats, we just released a brand new FREE Greenland Paddle Building Course. This massive upgrade to both the course and the plan set replaces our older versions of both. You can watch the entire thing on YouTube, or on our website without commercials....

Re-shooting the Free Greenland paddle building course

November 2022June 2023Leave a comment

I decided to spend this month re-shooting my entire FREE Greenland paddle building course, but as usual, the project has snowballed a bit. Here’s a couple minutes from the introduction video where I talk GP paddling technique and how it compares to a euro blade stroke. The whole project includes 12 FREE videos, and...

Video: Copying the hole spacing on your router to transfer to our kayak building jigs

August 2022September 2022Leave a comment

I’m redoing my router setup videos for my kayak building course. We replace the factory base with one made of 1/2” plywood so we can build various router guides and jigs. Getting the hole spacing precise is important because otherwise you risk cross threading the mounting holes. Normally you can just trace the factory...

Rudder testing and installation course development

June 2022June 2023Leave a comment

In the midst of everything else that’s been going on we’ve been steadily slogging away at developing our skin on frame rudder and footbraces instructions. Basically I have three goals for this new addition to our video courses: The first one is to lose more money than I could ever possibly make back on the...

Rudder installation instructions in development

April 2022September 2022Leave a comment

Rudder control is an important part of the new sailing system that I’m working on so I’m testing different brands right now and building my installation instructions. Here I’ve got the Smart Track system with Toe Pilots on one kayak and the Seal Line system on another. There’s things I do and don’t like...

On YouTube: Flat Deck F1 in detail

April 2022September 2022Leave a comment

We just uploaded the new Flat Deck F1 building plans to our site, and a video on YouTube talking about the design (with some great old photos of me crabbing in the surf!). If you’re new here these are solo kayaks that can be quickly rafted together for a stable sailing, fishing, hunting, snorkeling...

Video: Steam bending the double lips onto kayak cockpit coamings

April 2022July 2023Leave a comment

Steam bending the double lips onto kayak cockpit coamings with a little help from Bill (@wessinger_woodworks). As a former solo coastal sea kayaker where every single launch was a surf launch, I take my cockpit coamings extremely seriously. The shape here is long enough that I can lift my legs in and out while...

Lots of new plans and videos in development

April 2022September 2022Leave a comment

For the last five months we’ve been working on a massive level up that includes: The new flat deck F1 plan, A flat deck LPB plan, about 15 new course videos for building those, two new sizes for the LPB, The kayak catamaran system, a new online store including a ton of new options...

Updating and re-shooting the skinning portion of the kayak building course

January 2022July 2023Leave a comment

This week we are updating and re-shooting the skinning portion of our skin on frame kayak building course, which gets rid of the very last videos that we shot before making major upgrades to our studio lighting, audio equipment, and presentation style a few years ago. This gives me a much needed opportunity to...

We have officially achieved escape velocity, the new West Greenland Kayak plan is live

December 2021September 2022Leave a comment

We have officially achieved escape velocity, the new West Greenland Kayak plan is live. I’m still not sure exactly how this whole thing snowballed from: I should probably build a new Greenland kayak to talk about in the upcoming explainer video, to I think I could make this design a little bit better, to...