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There is nothing like a wooden sea kayak, a graceful balance of beauty and practicality - art and technology. Weather you appreciate a wooden kayak as you would a well-crafted piece of furniture or as the efficient means to quickly transverse water, they are a delight to behold and a joy to use.
I build wooden cedar strip sea kayaks. My boats are now a part of a small armodia of wooden kayaks that float the Southwestern Puget Sound from Hammersley Inlet to Hood Canel. This web site is not intended to sell anything but to celebrate the designs and woodworkers of our wooden kayak community.
Wooden sea kayaks are actually like a sandwich, two thin layers of fiberglass on either side of an 1/8" strip of wood. Cedar is generally the preferred wood because it's light, strong and flexible but any wood will work.
Considering these boats are 16 feet long, cedar stripped kayaks weigh less than 40 pounds and are easy to transport. On the East Coast, spruce is more common however, other wood like mahogany, teak, cherry or walnet can be used - look nice but heavier. Learn more >
This is not a mass manufactured boat. Every sea kayak is made by hand and depending upon the degree of ornamentation can require 75-200 hours to make and can cost from $4000 and up. Before you do any serious boating in one of these high performance kayaks, take lessons, learn the "Eskimo Roll" and most importantly, know how to re-enter the boat in open water. It could save your life. |
