Building A Wood Strip Kayak

Welcome to the redfish custom kayak canoe company specialists in designing and building wood sea kayaks canoes and cedar strip wood kayak kits.

Building a wood strip kayak.

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. Building wooden kayak frequently asked questions how long does it take to build a kayak kit. It is a great method for making beautiful lightweight small boats. Building a wood strip kayak 1 introduction to the kayak building series 2 cutting kayak forms from patterns 3 epoxy primer 4 making the stems 5 building the strongback 6 mounting the forms 7 the sheer clamp 8 aligning the forms 9 the first strips 10 stripped half way 11 stapleless construction 12 making the bulkheads.

The wood hull is then covered inside and out with transparent layers of fiberglass and epoxy. By building your own boat you are in full control of everything from the seat pads to the design of the wood strips. Our kit takes us about 50 hours to build but for first time builders it will take a bit longer. Stitch and glue designs strip planked designs and hybrid designs that combine both kayak building techniques.

Wood strip building produces a wood cored fiberglass boat. Also called cedar strip wood strip strip planked etc. This allows the beauty of the wood to show through. A short overview showing the process of building a cedar strip wooden kayak from start to finish.

Some builders will take more time some will take less. We have 54 wooden kayak designs that you can build from our plans. With this construction method it is not too difficult to build a boat that outperforms anything you can buy at a store. 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.

You need a platform or long table on which to build your kayak. Browse our complete line of kayak plans. Wood strip building is easy enough for a beginner and yet is also the choice of professionals. Plans from bear mountain boats.

While a wood kayak may seem fragile strip built kayaks are actually incredibly strong and lightweight. We have sea kayaks surf kayaks performance kayaks and recreational kayaks. 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. I set the table on a pair a saw horses and attached it to them with pieces of scrap wood.