The New Kayak Shop written by Chris Kulczycki

Kayaking is distinguished from the more traditional canoeing by the rider's seating and the double-bladed paddle. While there are inflatable and sit-on-top variations, the standard kayak has a closed deck with the paddler facing forward and their legs out front. Its design is engineered for being particularly advantageous in situations where a more conventional vessel might succumb to the elements. For maneuverability, performance and stability, the kayak has no equal.

Of course the kayak's engineering has to be exacting. In fact, to ensure this, more and more adventurers are turning to the designs of the legendary Chris Kulczycki to build their own kayaks. With his latest, The New Kayak Shop, Kulczycki continues the tradition of showing even the most inexperienced boat builder how to execute designs that promise to produce a high performance vehicle.

These three new designs up the ante on the author's previous contributions to the boating community and building your own kayak. Besides the high grade marine plywood and epoxy productions already familiar to the savvy, there are updated sections that detail painting and varnishing, and on using the latest power tools and computer programs. Get the scoop on seat construction and multi-chine and round bottom boat projects. And everything's written in easy-to-follow steps accompanied by hundreds of black and white photos and illustrations. There's a metrics conversion table and resource appendix to complement the projects for assembling hulls, installing skegs, choosing materials and planning the project to its most minute details.

Whether you're an amateur designer or do it for a living, you're going to find everything you need in The New Kayak Shop for building your own kayak in one accessible volume.

Subject: How-to Build Wooden Kayaks instructional book. ISBN-10: 0071357866 | ISBN-13: 9780071357869 | McGraw-Hill 57866