Canoe and Kayak Building the Light and Easy Way: Kevlar, Carbon or Fiberglass

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Item # MH-97357  ISBN: 9780071597357




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The first quick-and-easy composite construction method for canoes and kayaks.

This book is certain to appeal to any paddler with a DIY bent. Master craftsman Sam Rizzetta presents three attractive innovations: a new building method that makes Kevlar and carbon-fiber boats cheap and feasible for home builders; an ergonomically designed canoe that makes paddling easier and more comfortable; and a foam-flotation installation method that makes canoes and kayaks safe and unsinkable.

Table of contents

Part I: Construction

1. Choosing a design
2. The fabric form method
3. Shop, tools, plans, materials
4. The form
5. Laminating the hull
6. Turning the hull into a boat

Part II: Building in Safety

1. The self-rescue concept
2. Outfitting existing boats
3. Outfitting new boats
4. Testing and self-rescue

Part III: Designs

1. A solo canoe
2. Kayoo, a decked canoe/kayak
3. Wasp an ergonomic canoe

Appendices

• Appendix A: Information resources
• Appendix B: Tools and materials

About the Author

Sam Rizzetta is a boat designer and builder, a master luthier (a builder of stringed, fretted musical instruments), a music historian, a composites fabricator, and author. A canoeist since the age of three, he has designed and built numerous canoes and averages 1,000 miles of paddling annually. His innovative Fabric Form method of boatbuilding is an offshoot of his work in the fabrication of custom composite aeronautical components.

Canoe and Kayak Building the Light and Easy Way: Kevlar, Carbon or Fiberglass