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If you want to build your own sea kayak, I invite you to look at how I built my Guillemot sea kayak. You'll have to enjoy the aspect of constructing and working with wood, glassfibre, and 2 component Epoxy. If just want your own boat, please buy one rather than building one. Enjoying the construction and building should be a big reason for building your own boat. You'll need a lot of patience as well. |
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There are several different way's to build a boat. I have only described the way I did it. To the left you see a page from of Nick Schade's book, Nick is the designer of the boat. This table describes most of the boat. |
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The project started by transferring cross sections as described in the table onto very thin paper, such as is used for dressmaking. The paper has a printed on grid. |
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With wall-paper glue the paper was stuck on MDF board. This was a tricky job, because the paper tears easily when it's wet. In hindsight MDF board is not a good material for this job, as staples don't catch 100 %. |
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Sawing out the MDF board shapes was easy. For the duration of the whole project I used good protection for breathing and eyes. Red cedar wood dust, 2 component Epoxy, polyester, and 2 component Polyurethane are all toxic and should not be inhaled. My advice: spend money on good protection. |
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The cross sections were placed on a beam at distances of a foot. The beam was selected carefully as it must run as straight as possible. |
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Lining up the cross sections carefully was important as this affects the way the boat will behave. The boat should paddle in a straight line later. |