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An Inuit inspired strip planked sea kayak. Fast, efficient and responsive. A graceful design that paddles beautifully
For cold-molded construction, a rugged cutter, popular with serious cruisers.
Construction: Cold-molded.
Alternative construction: Carvel, strip.
Lofting is required.
Plans include 11 sheets.
The Lorna has a slim sweet hull for experienced paddlers.
The Shearwater Hybrid combines the best qualities of stitch-and-glue plywood kayaks with the beauty of a cedar strip deck.
This boat has a comfortable feel to it and a stability that makes kayaking in any weather comfortable.
Commuter style launch with diesel inboard and a small cabin.
Tom Cat is a shoal draft catboat of plank-on-frame construction, but strip construction would do as well.
Lofting is required.
Sail area is 120 sq. ft.
Plan includes 9 sheets.
Capacious, seaworthy, flat-bottomed skiff weighing less than 150 lbs. Construction: Cross-planked bottom, lapstrake sides. No lofting is required. Plans include 5 sheets.
The F1830 is the newest BYD design and the tandem version of the F1430 Sit On Top kayak. It is a second generation boat, with an optimized hull and simplified kit. This boat will easily carry 2 adults and a big cooler, or 2 adults and a couple of small kids.
I built this PT 11 nesting dinghy from the CLC kit over this past winter, to replace a 9'6" Nutsh
21’ long, 16’ beam (reduces to 8'5" for trailering), strip plank construction, 850lbs with all ge
Design originally published in The Rudder, Volume XXXI, Nov-Dec 1915
Built by the Burr Bros in 1960, this 36' beauty with a 10'9" beam was restored over seven years a
