Building Canoeing and Kayaking Water Sports

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• - Information on designing and creating wooden canoe paddles. Also offers a photo gallery of paddles and relevant books and articles.
  
• - Non-profit group devoted to preserving, studying, building, restoring, and using wood, wood-canvas, cedar strip and birchbark canoes, and to disseminating information about canoeing heritage in North America. Links to builders, suppliers, graphics and rel
  
• - Connects sites related to building wooden kayaks.
  
• - A summary of kayak building experiences: North Bay I, North Bay II, Sea Spirit I, and Sea Spirit II.
  
• - Details photographs, instructions, tips and troubleshooting for constructing a redwood canoe. Also includes related links.
  
• - Provides information on kayak building, pictures of design ideas, resources for materials, and some general information on paddling.
  
• - Aussie-built replica of Rushton's Ugo and other hand-built wooden canoes.
  
• - Focuses on building sea kayak using traditional Inuit methods in Nunavut, Canada.
  
• - Details of personally building a Mill Creek 15 kayak.
  
• - Free oar plans with photos.
  
• - Details of building a Chesapeake LT17, a 17 foot sea kayak.
  
• - Includes photos and build records of several canoes, particularly the Hiawatha model built on an original Thompson Brothers form. Also features weight comparison for wood and canvas construction versus modern materials, tips for building a seat with a mas
  
• - Information on how building Euro and Greenland paddles, wood strip kayak construction, glassing, and extensive photographs.
  
• - An overview of the building process, using traditional materials. Includes tips about building and links to kits, plans, and books.
  
• - Chronicles the construction of a cedar-strip canoe with detailed comments and pictures. Includes boatbuilding links.
  
• - Preparations to repair a wood canvas canoe.
  
• - Provides photos and description of building a wooden kayak. Also includes related links.
  
• - Summary of building an 18 foot surf canoe. Includes project log, materials list, and summary of the construction steps.
  
• - Instructions for making oars by David Goodchild.
  
• - Features photographs of a diverse collection of Inuit and Aleut kayak replicas that Harvey Golden has built, and links to related sites
  
• - Provides tips on building a cedar strip canoe, photos of construction of a Cosine Wherry, and links to other boat building sites.
  
• - A backyard adventure in building a cedar strip kayak. Includes building summary, tips, and photos.
  
• - Article about "Uncomplicating Paddle Design, Sizing and Selection" written by Caleb Davis.
  
• - Contains links to canoe building and canoeing of wilderness rivers in Canada and the United States.
  
• - Amateur boatbuilder's working journals with pictures.
  
• - How to build an ultra light stitch and glue plywood canoe that really looks like a canoe.
  
• - Steps and photos of building a canoe with classic shapes, but using modern, readily available, and cheap materials.
  
• - Offers wood-strip watercraft, custom wooden canoe and kayak building. The process, photographs, profile, and contacts.
  
• - All about building kayaks and native boat technology. Includes an introduction to boatbuilding, freeware and shareware boatbuilding software, free boat plans, pictures, and related resources.
  
• - Article written by Rick Waters and supported by the Wooden Canoe Heritage Association. Describes making a traditional wood paddle.
  
• - Online plans, pictures, and discussion of Jim Heter's custom-designed folding kayak.
  
• - Details of the construction of the Wee Lassie II. Includes photos with explanations of progress through the phases and problems. Each section includes a discussion about what was learned and tips.
  
• - Step by step guide with pictures on how to build and fix a waveski.
  
• - Personal summaries of building kayaks, canoes, paddles, and cradles. Includes a how-to section with in-depth discussions of a few building and outfitting techniques, including deck fittings, a fiberglass seat and the use of underdeck bungees to secure hat