Do it Yourself

Updated 3/11/08

These pages and links will, hopefully, give you ideas that can be applied to your own kayak.
If you have any ideas that you'd like us to add, please contact us.

'Do It Yourself ' Pages

Camping gear ~ stoves, tents etc.

Dry bags

Greenland Paddle Construction

Kayak Trolleys

Rudders

Build Your Own Sea Kayak

Includes S&G, Strip and "Skin" on Frame (SOF)

New Zealand Kayak Building Website ~ from Grant Glazier of Waiheke Island.
NZ Kayak Builders ~ discussion group.
SeaLand Kayaks NZ ~ Mac50 sea kayak

Greenland

Greenland kayaks & paddling in NZ ~ discussion group.
Greenland kayak construction ~ Wolfgang Brinck
West Greenland Skin on Frame kayak construction ~ Anderson
Traditional kayaks ~ Harvey Golden
Qajaq, USA
The MASIK ~ Newsletter of Qajaq, USA
Arctic Kayaks ~ David Zimmerly

Kayak Plans and Software

Bearboat ~ good for strip built, round bilge designs
A PDF commentary about the Bearboat software
A description of Bearboat ~ and you can also download from here
FREE!ship ~ does flat-plate projection and will import Carene and Hulls designs
Hulls by Carlson
How to define what you are about to design in Hulls
JEM Watercraft
Free plans from JEM Watercraft
Kayak Foundry from Ross Leidy
List of software ~ mostly commercial
The boatbuilding community