ENDEAVOUR ENDEAVOUR 17 KAYAK This single touring design, from the Bear Mountain Boat Shop, was intended for strip building. I have modified the design slightly to allow for traditional clinker construction on the hull and shiplap construction on the deck. The planking...
Clyde River Kayak CLYDE RIVER KAYAK Tucked into a misty fjord on eastern Baffin Island lies the community of Clyde River, the birthplace of this qayaq design. Working with Robert Morris of Brewery Creek Small Boat Shop and members of the Clyde river community, we...
Vesper Vesper This decked canoe, originally designed and built by R.W. Gibson in 1885, can be used as an alternative to a tandem kayak or can be rigged out as a sailing canoe. We modified this design for a local kayak tour company, Lotus Land Tours. Renamed Lotus 18,...
Athapaskan Canoe ATHAPASKAN CANOE This is a skin-on-frame interpretation of an Athabaskan bark canoe. Indigenous to the upper Yukon River region, these boats were the standard for muskrat trappers. This narrow, flat-bottomed canoe was developed for solo paddlers to...
Canadian Ugo The Canadian Ugo Canoe This is an example of a classic Canadian canoe form fashioned using the lapstrake or clinker-construction method. The individual planks overlap each other by 1/2″ and are fastened together with small copper tacks that are...
