Paddleboats

This kayak was designed for fishing. It has high stability provided by the wide beam, flat bottom and bilge panels ("cheeks"). Anglers can stand up and cast. It handles waves very well without excessive pounding. Most of the waves get...

The Explorer 16 is a strip planked canoe with fine lines towards the bow and stern running into an easy 'U' shaped mid body. She has tumblehome in the topsides which make her easy to paddle and which puts the maximum beam at the waterline giving...

A recreational style tandem kayak 15' x 31.5" {4.6m x 80cm} Maximum recommended capacity is 375lbs {170kg} Weight about 39 lbs. {18 Kg} For Printed plans for Chuckanut 15, click HERE The Chuckanut 15 is a fun, recreational style, tandem (two person)...

LOA: 7’ 6” (2.34m)Beam - 29” (0.73m)Approx.weight - 26lb. (12kg)Max.payload - 110lb. (50kg)     “Pinocchio” was commissioned by my 7 year old son who wanted to learn paddling. He saw these...

The 18’6” Marathon open canoe has been designed for serious long distance paddling. She has 5 planks per side and uses the stitch and tape method of construction for ease, low cost and lightness. Her hull shape is asymmetric giving her a low drag...

This design is a slightly smaller sister to our Explorer 16' open strip planked canoe - in this case we have used a similar hull design with a 'U' shaped mid body with plenty of tumblehome in the topsides making her easy to paddle and very stable...

Well, this is a boat for the purely insane or totally inebriated!, and it is an example of the wide range of boat designs that we are asked to produce from clients all over the world. Basically, she is a slightly thinned and greatly stretched Waterman...

This canoe has been designed for a client who wanted a canoe which would take a crew of 8 or so adolescents. She is designed to be built and transported in two halves (although she can be built in one piece) and bolted together at the waters edge...

The Guide 18 is a large open canoe for carrying a crew of up to 5 people and/or gear safely over long distances. She has a well rounded hull shape and uses 5 planks per side. The hull has tumblehome putting the greatest beam down at the waterline...

Length - 16 feet Beam - 34 1/2 inches Draft - 3-½ inches Weight - 60 to 68 pounds Flyfisher was designed, as her name suggests, as a fly fishing boat. She is the result of years of experience fly fishing in small boats...

The 14’ 6” Esk is a development of our Dart design. We have swept the bow up and flared out the forward sections to help her in choppy waters—aft, we have given her a knife edge to the rear sections to give her good directional stability. She has...

Initially developed for Will Goodlet, a wildlife photographer from South Africa, the design has evolved into a small, lightweight modular boat, capable of fitting in most off-road vehicles. It's stealthy characteristics allow it to approach the...