Building "Runner": A 17ft Sea Kayak for Downwind Paddling and Surfing
This video documents the design process and construction of a custom sea kayak, named "Runner," by renowned boat designer and builder Nick Schade.
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Small Boat Design
Articles, blog posts and videos about designing small boats.
What is a Sea Kayak?
Tradition
The articles in the late great print magazine “Sea Kayaker” featured articles of people doing multi day expeditions to far exotic places. Today’s legendary kayaks became legendary because of the legendary expeditions to remote shores in which they were used.
Are Longer Kayaks Really Faster?
I often get questions to the effect of: "I have trouble keeping up with my friends, what kayak should I get?" Everyone knows that longer kayaks are faster, so obviously I should be recommending the longest kayaks I have to these folks.
Making Petrel Play: Introduction - Episode 1
This is the introduction to my series of videos documenting my building of a strip built Petrel Play. In this episode I describe the design, how I came up with it and what makes it special.
Canoe Stems
I want a canoe. I love kayaks and the Nymph canoe is great fun, but there are time when my wife Robin and I want to hop into a boat after dinner and go for a relaxing paddle. And for a simple no-nonsense paddle there is really nothing like a canoe.
How Should I React to Zegul/Tahe Baidarka?
Something Awfully Familiar
A few months back I saw an image on Facebook that looked familiar.
Kayak Design Presentation for Connyak
I'll be making a presentation at the Connyak April meeting. I've been asked to talk about kayak design. The goal is to help people who want to design their own boat as well as give guidance to people who are buying boats and want to have some tools for evaluating designs
Apr 20, 2011
