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- A Good Paddle - Article about "Uncomplicating Paddle Design, Sizing and Selection" written by Caleb Davis and supported by the Wooden Canoe Heritage Association.
www.wcha.org/builders/tremolo/good_paddle.html
- Baker Brothers Boats Seakayak - Amateur boatbuilder's working journals with pictures.
www.geocities.com/shawnkayak
- Bill Walker's Chesapeake 17 Kayak Construction - Photo essay of building a wooden kayak. Includes preparation, hull assembly, deck installation, painting and coating, and rigging and completion sections.
www.alaska.net/~bwalker/kayak/ch17
- Boatbuilder Online - Free plans for a 14 foot canoe.
www.boatbuilder-online.com/free/cheapcanoe.htm
- Building a Redwood Canoe - Strippers Guide - Details photographs, instructions, tips and troubleshooting for constructing a redwood canoe. Also includes related links.
wooden_canoe.tripod.com
- Building a Wood Epoxy Sailing Canoe - Documents construction of a 15.5 foot sailing canoe with narrative and photos and related links.
members.aol.com/profm/SailingCanoe/sailcanoe.html
- Building the Bluefoot Boobie - A backyard adventure in building a cedar strip kayak. Includes building summary, tips, and photos.
kayaks.bravepages.com
- Building the Greenland Kayak - An overview of the building process, using traditional materials. Includes tips about building and links to kits, plans, and books about building your own boat.
home.att.net/~jimcoburn
- Cat's Paw Kayak Assembly - Focuses on post-construction outfitting rather than showing all the details of the construction of the kayak.
www.wiredweb.com/~mntnhead/home.htm
- Chris' Canoe Project: Building a Freedom 17 Canoe - Chronicles the construction of a cedar-strip canoe with detailed comments and pictures. Includes boatbuilding links.
www.aracnet.com/~ncglad/canoeentry.htm
- Dave's Kayak Building - Details of building a Chesapeake LT17, a 17 foot sea kayak.
www.frontiernet.net/~gdmurphy/kayak_page.htm
- Don's Kayak Building - Details of personally building a Mill Creek 15 kayak.
home.rochester.rr.com/rlm/kayak/Kayak_Page.htm
- Doug's Boat Page - All about building kayaks and native boat technology. Includes Doug's own non-definitive introduction to boatbuilding, freeware and shareware boatbuilding software, free boat plans, photos, Q and A, and boatbuilding resources.
www.personal.kent.edu/~mgarmon
- Grant's Stitch and Glue Canoe - How to build an ultra light stitch and glue plywood canoe that really looks like a canoe.
www.riverstoneinternet.com/canoebuilding
- Kayak Building Bulletin Board - Active message board for kayak building, sponsored by Guillemot Kayaks.
www.kayakforum.com/cgi-bin/Building/index.cgi
- Kayaking with Steve and Daune in San Diego, CA - Includes information on building a redwood Guillemot double kayak and kayaking in and around San Diego.
hometown.aol.com/kayakin2/index.htm
- Ken's Temporary Kayak Pages - Information on how he built a Euro style paddle and a Greenland style paddle, wood strip kayak construction, glassing, and extensive photographs.
www.dbeweb.com/kayak
- Kent's Kayaks - Provides information on kayak building, pictures of design ideas, resources for materials, and some general information on paddling.
www.geocities.com/kentsyaks/index.html
- La Mina: A Classic Modern Canoe - Steps and photos of building a canoe with classic shapes, but using modern, readily available, and cheap materials.
www.schaik.com/canoe
- Michael Wick's Home Page - Homebuilder shares his experiences and pictures of kayaks and canoes that he has built.
www.visi.com/~wick
- PakYak Prototype - Online plans, pictures, and discussion of Jim Heter's custom-designed folding kayak.
rtpnet.org/robroy/boats/PakYak/index.phtml
- Quick-N-Dirty Oars - Instructions for making oars by David Goodchild.
catalog.com/bobpone/oars.htm
- Real Wooden Boats - Provides tips on building a cedar strip canoe, photos of construction of a Cosine Wherry, and links to other boatbuilding sites.
home.nycap.rr.com/boats
- Ross Leidy's Kayak Building - Personal summaries of building kayaks, canoes, paddles, and cradles. Includes a how-to section with in-depth discussions of a few building and outfitting techniques, including deck fittings, a fiberglass seat and the use of underdeck bungees to secure hatch covers.
ross.secant.com
- Sea Spirit Kayaks - A summary of kayak building experiences: North Bay I, North Bay II, Sea Spirit I, and Sea Spirit II.
www.seaspiritkayaks.com
- Simple Oars - Free oar plans with photos.
www.bateau.com/free/simple_oars.html
- The Canoe Paddle Page - Making canoe paddles in wood; canoe paddle design; collections of canoe paddles; books and articles on paddle-making.
homepages.tesco.net/~moosehead
- The North Woods Paddle - Article written by Rick Waters and supported by the Wooden Canoe Heritage Association. Describes making a traditional wood paddle.
www.wcha.org/paddles/northwoods
- Traditional Arctic Skinboats - Features photographs of a diverse collection of Inuit and Aleut kayak replicas that Harvey Golden has built. Includes many links to kayak related sites.
home.pacifier.com/~qayaq
- Walkabout - Personal site of Ralph Walker includes information about outdoors, gundogs, and sports. Provides summary of building a cedar strip canoe, Bob's Special, and a list of boatbuilding links.
walkabout.crosscity.com
- WebRing - Web ring for kayak building sites.
b.webring.com/hub?ring=kayakbuild
- Wooden Canoe Heritage Association - Non-profit group devoted to preserving, studying, building, restoring, and using wood, wood-canvas, cedar strip and birchbark canoes, and to disseminating information about canoeing heritage in North America. Links to builders, suppliers, graphics and related websites.
www.wcha.org
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