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Built from local Red Cedar with Alaskan Yellow Cedar (Cypress) highlights. The hull is essentially finished but I still have not finished the fiberglass, joining the hull and final fitting of the boat. I take a lot of flack over this as this has been an ongoing project for a number of years. Shortly after finishing the majority of the stripping of the hull I had my shoulder dislocated. This brought my construction to a screaming halt on this and every other job that I had on the go. Only recently have I been able to return to some light woodworking and only for a very short period of time.
I purchased the book The Strip-Built Sea Kayak by Nick Schade of Guillemot Kayaks and learned how to do lofting. I took the table of offsets for this boat, turned them into CAD files in AutoCAD LT, then sent them to a local drafting supply house to have them plotted out at 1:1 scale. From these, I made the stations from plywood, built a strong back and started building a boat. The cedar was purchased locally as 16’ clear red cedar 2×6’s. I ripped these into 3/4×1/4 strips and put a cove and groove on each using Freud’s purpose built router bit set. This has been a great learning experience and I hope that one day my shoulder improves enough that I can finish the boat and put it to use on the Pacific West Coast!
-- APLJaK Woodworking, Okanagan Valley, BC
13 comments so far
SPHinTampa
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posted 260 days ago
it will be beautiful when finished. I have always wanted to build a kayak but have been put off by the amount of work it takes.
-- Shawn, I ask in order to learn
CessnaPilotBarry
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posted 260 days ago
NICE!!!!!!!!!!!!
Nick Shade is local to me, and his boats are absolutely gorgeous!
It looks like you’re doing him justice!
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APLJaK
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posted 260 days ago
Hey Barry,
actually when I look at the Nick Schade’s boats I feel a twinge of envy. I wish my boats looked as nice as his ;-) Thanks for the comments though.
-- APLJaK Woodworking, Okanagan Valley, BC
mtnwild
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posted 260 days ago
That is a beauty. That will be well worth the wait. Fantastic details on that , besides the overall masterful work. Almost done, be proud! I’m with Shawn, I’ve wanted to attempt one but I know it would take me forever if at all.
-- mtnwild (Jack), It's not what you see, it's how you see it.
brianinpa
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posted 260 days ago
Looks great!
-- Brian, Lebanon PA, If you aren’t having fun doing it, find something else to do.
CamMonks
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posted 260 days ago
Very nice! I’m working on a 15’ cedar strip canoe, and it’s nice to see pictures of the finished product, helps keep me motivated! Beautiful kayak.
ND2ELK
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posted 260 days ago
Very impressive. Your are doing a beautiful job on this piece. Thanks for posting.
God Bless
tom
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Peter O
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posted 260 days ago
Oh, it’s going to look so great with glass! I have the plans for the same boat, but haven’t even started building.
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WoodSpanker
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posted 260 days ago
Heh… don’t know if I would trust anything I built in the ocean! lol :)
-- Adventure? Heh! Excitement? Heh! A Woodworker craves not these things!
NY_Rocking_Chairs
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posted 260 days ago
Awesome looking. I cannot wait to get the canoe done so I can do one of these.
-- Rich, WNY, www.nyrockingchairs.com
rikkor
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posted 260 days ago
Very cool. I retire next week and I am planning to build a rowboat. I hope it looks half as nice as yours!
Dennis Zongker
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posted 260 days ago
Great looking Kayak. Thanks for posting.
-- Dennis Zongker
bhking
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posted 217 days ago
Do you still have the autocad file, I bought that book too, with the intention of lofting the boat, but have been dragging my feet. I just bought some northern white cedar, and will try to mix in a little walnut for contrast. I particularly like the design with the offset triangles in the book.
-bhking (at) gmail.com