Paddleboats

Disko Dreadnought18' x 23" {5.48m x 58.4cm} To my mind, the 1931 Disko Bay is one of the classic West Greenland style qajaqs, and it has been reproduced in large numbers by builders looking for an authentic and great handling boat. For printed plans for...

Stand up paddleboard or sit on top kayak 11" x 30" - 3.35m x 76cm Maximum recommended displacement is 225lbs/102kg. Weight: 25-30lbs {12kg} For printed plans for Boardyak, click HERE No cockpit, no spray skirt . . . no worries! The skin-on-frame Boardyak...

The Baby Kate is a mini development of our Kate series of open canoes - it is meant as a toy and not serious use with a child and can be built from a single sheet of 3 or 4mm plywood. 6' Baby Kate...

Yakyak 425 "Sport" Supplement (optional)(NOTE: You also need the Yakyak 425 plans to build the boat) Floats, beam, rudder and larger sail option. 1 sheets of 1/6 or 1/5 ACX plywood. Yakyak 425 Sport Sail area 35 Sq.Ft

A model maker working for the advertising industry phoned me up and asked me to design a 10'x3' (3.05m x 0.92m) open canoe for the Labetts Lager advert! Apparently Malcolm the Mountie is to appear in front of the canoe in the advert and anything longer...

Free PDF Model to print, cut and build - click HERE I decided to add this smaller version of the Electric Moto Craft to my growing fleet of hulls after attending the first Electric Boat Show in Seattle, at the Center for Wooden Boats on Lake Union...

The Baby Raven is a smaller version of the Raven canoe and has a similar midship shape with tumblehome—this puts the maximum beam down at the waterline maximizing stability whilst at the same time making it easier to paddle. She has 3 chines per side...

A 14' version of our most popular canoe design - the 15' 8" Fisher Prospector. Over the years, the 15'8" Prospector has been cut down by those wanting a shorter version simply by cutting a piece out of the middle - this works but is not ideal and so I...

3 recreational style kayaks For printed plans for Chuckanut 12, click HERE The Chuckanut 10, 12 and 12s are "recreational" style kayaks, designed to be stable and comfortable, yet still maneuverable, fast and fun! No special skill or equipment is needed...

The DART 22 uses a similar section to that of the Dart 16. This consists of a tortured ply ‘U’ shape which changes fore and aft into a full ‘V’ giving adequate buoyancy and a good entry at the fore foot. Above the shaped bottom there is a soft...

The Dart 16 double kayak has a soft ‘U’ shaped bottom running into flared ‘V’ sections fore and aft with a chine, giving a very stable shape. She has a large 7’ long cockpit and with her 32’’ (0.81m) beam she is...

The requirement was for a canoe with the same stability, capacity and maneuverability as the 17' Prospector but without the high swept back ends and a flatter sheer line. So I took the Prospector model and kept the same mid-section with it's tumblehome...