Whatever. Pfft!

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Is that a party hat?
A chicken?
A kayak model?
Really large fortune cookie wrapper from lunch?

I take it you're too young to remember Curious George making boats from all the newspapers he was supposed to deliver:



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I remember Curious George, I probably had that book, there was some school program in grade school to buy kids books, weekly reader or something like that. I was a frequent purchaser.

The closest thing I’ve ever had to this kayak was a cool wooden model of an outrigger canoe that I bought in Hawaii in the late 60s. I wish I still had it.

I think this kayak needs to be displayed in the house, it’s too neat to use.

I've been wondering where I'm going to store it. Maybe in the living room!

Build a tiki bar and hang it over the top of that.

I finally water-proofed it with a two-part urethane. It needs to be done in a warm and dry room, but the weather had been cold and wet. So I moved it to the attached, heated garage. And the weather immediately became warm and dry again. In any case, I got it done after a bit of a break. Next will be to attach leather straps here and there, and other odds and ends.

Now it really looks like it belongs in the living room.

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Looks great very nice work .

That really looks great!

what is the diameter of that opening? looks like a tight squeeze.

Getting in would be the easier than getting out!

i'd punch a hole in the bottom with a foot trying to push my body out of that thing! :)

I would have to use an overhead winch to get in and out. That thing is too nice to be used as anything other than art.

it is a beauty.

Wow, that turned out nice. Thanks for sharing the build, Chris. I can't wait to see pix of it in the water!

The opening is 16" X 29". I fit in it, but I'm not a big person, at 150 pounds. The plans include tables for certain dimensions, depending on the paddler's weight. The tables go up to 250 pounds.

Not possible. It's amazingly tough. The owner of Cape Falcon knows of only two punctures from rocks out of thousands of kayaks built by him or customers.

my strength goes to superhuman during a panic :)

when is the maiden voyage?!

Not sure. I might be able to finish on Saturday and then head out to the Half Moon Bay Yacht Club at Pillar Point Harbor on Sunday.

Or, you could just do an Eskimo Roll if you've capsized. Or is it called an Inuit Roll now?

How is the paddle coming?

Beautiful work Charlie!
Interested in hearing how she handles!
I'm very very pleased with mine, tracks very well in wind or waves, fast and pretty comfortable for a 2 hour paddle.

Getting in and out does require upper and lower body strength, yet another great reason to keep working out and lifting!

I only refinished my Pygmy, but I've been accused of taking a piece of mahogany furniture out for a drive.


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Wooden boats just look and feel right!
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Nice boat, Skip.

As for the paddle, it's done. I'll take a pic of it later.

Nice job. Beautiful pictures.

The deck lines are in. And the Greenland paddle is done.
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Launch Day! Beautiful, warm, calm day on the water. But first we gotta get there.
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Almost in the water. My daughter, Ani, is getting pretty excited.
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And...It floats!
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Now I'm trying it out. It's a little tippy, but you get used to it quickly and then it handles great.
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It went very well. Time for a beer!
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All in all, it handles great, is fast, and a lot of fun. Everyone one at the yacht club was full of questions and compliments. I'll be building another one for me, starting very soon. I wish we could have used the Greenland paddle, but the tung oil was not quite cured enough to go in the water.

Wow! That is so cool. Love the translucence with the sun behind the boat.

(The boat really "scales down" when you get her outdoors!)

No spray skirt?

Really nice!

Awesome project.

Half moon bay? What about sharks and just a thin layer of fabric between you and the sharks? I wouldnt have the balls

Don't really need a spray skirt for a short paddle in calm waters.

Good one.

Ha. Didn’t mean to joke. I watch a lot of ocean kayak fishing videos and the close encounters with sharks are common and terrifying to me. I couldn’t relax out there

Congratulations!!
The translucence is very cool, happy to hear you had a successful maiden voyage!

Thus far I've stuck to fresh water lakes, there are countless places to launch and explore saltwater within an hour of me, my wife and I were at Bowman bay and then Deception Pass state park yesterday- nice flat calm water... very cold out but I found myself thinking I should have brought the Kayak!

Short paddle, calm waters? Roll, baby, roll!

Since I live on the coast, it will mostly be salt water for us: Local trips, SF Bay, Monterey Bay, and Tomales Bay. But we also plan on going to Tahoe and other lakes in the Sierra.