The New Kayak Shop: More Elegant Wooden Kayaks Anyone can Build

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From coast to coast, home boatbuilders have turned to Chris Kulczycki for everything they needed to know about making their own kayaks from high-grade marine plywood and epoxy. In The Kayak Shop, a long-time popular standard, Kulczycki provided explicit directions and plans for building three sea kayaks: a high-performance single, an expedition single, and a touring double.

The New Kayak Shop details three new Kulczycki designs that are more elegant and even more suitable for today's paddlers. The building instructions are also updated, with new sections on paint and varnish, seat construction, power tools, computer programs for amateur designers, and tips on building multi-chine and round-bottom boats.

The New Kayak Shop offers the best, most refined designs and building methods in a single, accessible volume.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments | Introduction

• Chapter 1. The Wooden Kayak
• Chapter 2. The Design
• Chapter 3. The Tools
• Chapter 4. The Materials
• Chapter 5. The Plans
• Chapter 6. Making the Hull Panels
• Chapter 7. Stitch-and-Glue Basics
• Chapter 8. Assembling the Hull
• Chapter 9. Installing the Deck
• Chapter 10. The Coaming, Hip Braces, Hatches, and Footbraces
• Chapter 11. Installing Rudders and Skegs
• Chapter 12. Finishing
• Chapter 13. Fitting Out
• Chapter 14. More Designs

Resource Appendix | Metric Conversion Table

The New Kayak Shop: More Elegant Wooden Kayaks Anyone can Build