Building Canoes, Kayaks, and Rowboats : the Boat Design and Boatbuilding Directory

Dragon boats
KayakPro manufactures a range of dragon boats. Racing based boats designed as 20 man and 10 man dragon boats. (Added: 25-Mar-2008 Hits: 78) My Links | Rate | Cached | Visit Dragon boats

Ed Walshes Kayak Site
The building of a Guillemot cedar strip kayak. (Added: 10-Sep-2001 Hits: 1218) My Links | Rate | Cached | Visit Ed Walshes Kayak Site

Empacher
Racing and recreational shells and oars. (Added: 14-Feb-2000 Hits: 995) My Links | Rate | Cached | Visit Empacher

Eskimo Tom Fine Wood Watercraft
Designer and builder of custom handmade wood canoes, kayaks, rowing and sailing craft located in Saint Paul Minnesota. Plans available. (Added: 25-Feb-2005 Hits: 729) My Links | Rate | Cached | Visit Eskimo Tom Fine Wood Watercraft

Folding Kayak Builders Manual
Frame construction and PVC skinning step by step photos. Also Greenland Folding Kayaks offsets and drawings. (Added: 16-Jun-2004 Hits: 883) My Links | Rate | Cached | Visit Folding Kayak Builders Manual

Freebooter Boats
Canadian manufacturer hand builds beautiful and practical small row-fishing-sail boats on Vancouver Island. (Added: 4-Nov-2002 Hits: 1778) My Links | Rate | Cached | Visit Freebooter Boats

Geodesic Airolite Boats
Ddesigned by Platt Monfort. A simple wood framework, braced with triangulated KEVLAR roving is covered with Dacron cloth to create super-lightweight boats. (Added: 9-Oct-1999 Hits: 2552) My Links | Rate | Cached | Visit Geodesic Airolite Boats

Guillemot Kayaks
Plans and kits to make your own high performance wooden sea kayak. A comprehensive book about building kayaks using the strip-built method. (Added: 2-Oct-1999 Hits: 1235) My Links | Rate | Cached | Visit Guillemot Kayaks

Headwater Wooden Boat Shop
Builders of wood canvas and cedar strip canoes, kayaks and small boats. Repairs and restorations. (Added: 16-Jun-2002 Hits: 1546) My Links | Rate | Cached | Visit Headwater Wooden Boat Shop

Herb McLeod's Boat Pages
A camp cruising tandem rowboat for two called RB42 that was designed by Jim Michalak. Also: American Plywood Association One Man Dinghy; The One Sheet Skiff (this is my own design, free plans and instruction are available at this site) Ken Swan's Little Gem; Ken Brown's Lark; Reuel Parker's 19-foot Small Ohio Sharpie; Don Moore's 17.5 foot kayak; Lightning; and my all time favourite, Jim Michalak's AF3 a 15.5 foot sharpie camp cruiser. (Added: 6-Mar-2000 Hits: 3031) My Links | Rate | Cached | Visit Herb McLeod's Boat Pages

Hyde Drift boats
the boat of choice among western river guides and fishermen (Added: 01-Jun-1999 Hits: 1476) My Links | Rate | Cached | Visit Hyde Drift boats

Indian Point Boat Company
Custom builds Adirondack guideboats and St. Lawrence skiffs in wood, fiberglass and kevlar. (Added: 28-Sep-2000 Hits: 1417) My Links | Rate | Cached | Visit Indian Point Boat Company

Jammer Boat and Canoe
Fine fiberglass hybrid canoes. (Added: 9-Dec-2001 Hits: 1890) My Links | Rate | Cached | Visit Jammer Boat and Canoe

Johannsen Boat Works
Manufactuers of the Trinka rowing and sailing dinghies. Hefty carrying capacity and exceptional stability (Added: 19-Nov-1999 Hits: 1369) My Links | Rate | Cached | Visit Johannsen Boat Works

John Winters Designer
Technical articles by John Winters covering many aspects of canoe and kayak design, terminology, paddling technique, and more. (Added: 31-May-2001 Hits: 1129) My Links | Rate | Cached | Visit John Winters Designer

Journal of a 20' Micmac
Wonderfully detailed story of building a 20' canoe. (Added: 9-Oct-1999 Hits: 1072) My Links | Rate | Cached | Visit Journal of a 20' Micmac

Kayakpro racing kayaks
KayakPro manufactures a range of composite performance kayaks. Racing based kayaks designed for flatwater, sprint and marathon, adventure racing, fitness and fast touring. (Added: 17-Jun-2007 Hits: 151) My Links | Rate | Cached | Visit Kayakpro racing kayaks

La Mina - building a laminated plywood canoe
Using laminated layers of thin plywood it should still be possible to build a canoe with classic looks, including ribs and planks. (Added: 5-May-2002 Hits: 1494) My Links | Rate | Cached | Visit La Mina - building a laminated plywood canoe

Lilly
Building a Jim Michalak designed "Toto" double paddle canoe. (Added: 8-Jul-2002 Hits: 935) My Links | Rate | Cached | Visit Lilly

Maha Mysore Fibreglass Canoes
Maha Mysore Fibreglass Canoes Efficient hullform of the traditional Indian dugout canoe plus advantages of FRP. Pioneered by Maha Mysore Boats in 1978. Sizes 16ft to 50+ft LOA, rowed, sailed or OBM/inboard powered. (Added: 31-Jul-2003 Hits: 1177) My Links | Rate | Cached | Visit Maha Mysore Fibreglass Canoes

Merrimack Canoe Company
Merrimack builds handcrafted canoes with kevlar hulls complimented by ash and cherry gunwales, thwarts and decks. Unsurpassed beauty, craftsmanship and grace on the water. (Added: 21-Jan-2003 Hits: 993) My Links | Rate | Cached | Visit Merrimack Canoe Company

Mohawk Canoes
High end canoes at discount prices - factory direct. (Added: 19-Feb-2000 Hits: 1423) My Links | Rate | Cached | Visit Mohawk Canoes

Northwoods Canoe Company
Wooden canoe kits and plans by Rollin Thurlow. (Added: 19-Jun-2000 Hits: 1174) My Links | Rate | Cached | Visit Northwoods Canoe Company

One Ocean Kayaks
Plans for high performance wood strip sea kayak designs including how-to tips, articles about epoxy and abrasion fabrics as well as material resources for builders and pictures of wooden kayaks under construction. (Added: 1-Apr-2000 Hits: 1155) My Links | Rate | Cached | Visit One Ocean Kayaks

OpenWater Kayaks
Builder of custom lightweight wood-strip (25-30 pounds @17 foot) kayaks and canoes. (Added: 9-Apr-2001 Hits: 1005) My Links | Rate | Cached | Visit OpenWater Kayaks