Building A Wood Strip Kayak

With this construction method it is not too difficult to build a boat that outperforms anything you can buy at a store.

Building a wood strip kayak.

While a wood kayak may seem fragile strip built kayaks are actually incredibly strong and lightweight. A boat is created by gluing wood strips edge to edge over hull forms called stations. Building wooden kayak frequently asked questions how long does it take to build a kayak kit. Diy plans are available for this kayak at.

This allows the beauty of the wood to show through. Some builders will take more time some will take less. Plans from bear mountain boats. It is a great method for making beautiful lightweight small boats.

By building your own boat you are in full control of everything from the seat pads to the design of the wood strips. We have 54 wooden kayak designs that you can build from our plans. Our company is designed to furnish you with a finished wood kayak or if you would like to try your hand at building your own wood kayak we can supply all of the necessary plans materials kits and if needed the personal instruction to successfully do so. Strip building involves bending thin 1 4 inch 6 mm or less pieces of wood around temporary forms edge gluing them together and then fiberglassing inside and out.

Wood strip building is easy enough for a beginner and yet is also the choice of professionals. We like to say that 80 hours is a good target. You need a platform or long table on which to build your kayak. The wood hull is then covered inside and out with transparent layers of fiberglass and epoxy.

Also called cedar strip wood strip strip planked etc. Stitch and glue designs strip planked designs and hybrid designs that combine both kayak building techniques. Browse our complete line of kayak plans. Welcome to the redfish custom kayak canoe company specialists in designing and building wood sea kayaks canoes and cedar strip wood kayak kits.

A short overview showing the process of building a cedar strip wooden kayak from start to finish. I built one 12 in wide by 16 ft long from 1 sheet of 3 4 particle board leaving only a small piece of scrap. We have sea kayaks surf kayaks performance kayaks and recreational kayaks. Wood strip building produces a wood cored fiberglass boat.