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Here is the flat top single cutaway finished. It's Silver Ash and Honduran Mahogany, with a bit of Brazilian Rosewood for the fretboard. I put the Southern Cross constellation at the twelfth fret....

My humble woodworking homage to a great designer. He ranks up there with other such unbeatables as Olin Stephens, Peter Hansen, Hans Wegner....
God bless him!

Mine are of the '59 to '61 era in...

There's a pretty nice skin on frame version built by Brian Schulz in August 2006 WoodenBoat magazine. Weighs in less than 200 pounds.

Cheers

Yes mate,

I still can't seem to find the time though. Managed to pick up a zero clearance insert from Carba-Tec, as an option for their new CTH-110, ten inch cabinet saw and with a little...

You've made a good choice on a good saw. I have one and though I prefer my Delta Uni-Saw With Beisemeyer fence, the TSC-10HB allows me to do everything I like to do on a tablesaw. It could use better...

Hey you strip built kayak builders. Here's another good one: Wooden surfboards! Just started a few and they are great fun. Have a look at the slideshow: "building wooden surfboards in sydney pt.1" on...

Hey there,

Just in the process of building some of these wooden boards. Having a good time too. Have a look at the slide show titled "building wooden surfboards in sydney pt. 1" on www.youtube.com...

Thank you for noticing Hoppoz,

Yes, the Domino machine made short work of the mortices. All 56 joints cut for the ribs in about fifteen minutes with accurate spacing and precision. A brilliant...

Hi Darren,

I'm currently paddling my second Pygmy boat, a Coho, which performs very well. First open ocean sea trial was a forty kilometer stint from Cronulla to Thiroul. Two to three metre swell...

Nice one Derek,

How do you like that Veritas low angle plane?

Hey Benzine,

The CV-81218 are manufactured in China for Sears-Roebuck over in the States. If I'm not mistaken they offer a lifetime warranty over there on those as they don't expect too much in...

Hey Andrew,
I'm currently paddling a Coho from Pygmy boats that I finished last year.
Same building method as the CLC boats, kind of fun actually. Worth the effort, definitely. Enjoy and share some...

Yes, very interested. I have a small bit but would like some more to actually put something together with it. How do I get in touch with you?

Sorry for the late reply. I've been on a couple of other projects. A chair, and fortunately, another boat. As for the skin, I'm looking at ballistic nylon available through George Dyson's baidarka...

Another source of skin boat frame inspiration:

http://www.traditionalkayaks.com/Kayakreplicas/KayakReplicas.html

A nice variety of ideas and methods here.

Cheers

Yes, ordered directly from the States. Did not take long to arrive, or go through customs. Delivered to my door, with little effort on my part, save an extra couple of hundred pesos. Well worth it...

No plan, it was scratch built straight from the chain saw mill. Looked at Robert Morris' book to get started, but left it straight away once I had the initial dimensions. Try Chris Cunningham's book...

Regarding the Domino machine; it's a bit pricey but it's brilliant. I'm a dedicated hand cut mortice and tenon man working in solid hardwood timber mostly. A purist you might say. But there is a time...

Hey, just finished the frame of an Inuit style kayak. Frame is made of Camphor Laurel and weighs in at just fifteen kilos. Roughly sixty hours of pure hand tool fun. Made to be a store display at...