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Werner paddles, five thumbs up. You should come out west and check out our style of kayaking 
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First Paddle of the Season!
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dboles,
Baidarkas are a form of kayak used somewhere in the arctic by some indigenous population. They are made using a similar construction method where material (seal skin in their case) is stretched over a wooden frame. They have a certain shape and form which is not the same as the one I've used. I believe they're longer and have more stringers running along their length. They also use ribs spaced every few inches rather than stations several feet apart.
Snow,
Yup, first boat. Easy if you're patient with it. I used a design generously posted for free online by a man named Brian Schulz of Cape Falcon Kayak:
http://capefalconkayak.com
As far as I know, I'm the first person to have built it using this construction method (stations instead of ribs). It was a lot of fun, and I have two more half-built right now.
This boat is called the F1 and you can read all about it on Cape Falcon Kayak. It's a surfing/all-purpose boat. Great boat for exploring, in my opinion.
Glock26,
No fishing this trip, but probably later in the summer. I've yet to get stuck in the marshes in a kayak, but have come pretty close to being stranded on a jetski. The nice thing about the kayak is that at 30lbs, I could pretty easily carry it to water. With the jetski, you'd be waiting for the tide. In July (greenhead fly season) this would be HELL. Those things bite chunks of flesh out of you, and at the wrong time and place (mid july in the marshes), they'd come at you by the hundreds.
Thanks for the kind words, everyone!
Baidarkas are a form of kayak used somewhere in the arctic by some indigenous population. They are made using a similar construction method where material (seal skin in their case) is stretched over a wooden frame. They have a certain shape and form which is not the same as the one I've used. I believe they're longer and have more stringers running along their length. They also use ribs spaced every few inches rather than stations several feet apart.
Snow,
Yup, first boat. Easy if you're patient with it. I used a design generously posted for free online by a man named Brian Schulz of Cape Falcon Kayak:
http://capefalconkayak.com
As far as I know, I'm the first person to have built it using this construction method (stations instead of ribs). It was a lot of fun, and I have two more half-built right now.
This boat is called the F1 and you can read all about it on Cape Falcon Kayak. It's a surfing/all-purpose boat. Great boat for exploring, in my opinion.
Glock26,
No fishing this trip, but probably later in the summer. I've yet to get stuck in the marshes in a kayak, but have come pretty close to being stranded on a jetski. The nice thing about the kayak is that at 30lbs, I could pretty easily carry it to water. With the jetski, you'd be waiting for the tide. In July (greenhead fly season) this would be HELL. Those things bite chunks of flesh out of you, and at the wrong time and place (mid july in the marshes), they'd come at you by the hundreds.
Thanks for the kind words, everyone!
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I was impressed with the finished boat. Now that I've seen the process, I'm really impressed. When I was a kid, my dad built a kayak from a Folboat kit. It wasn't nearly as sophisticated or pretty.
