The Kayak Shop: Three Elegant Wooden Kayaks Anyone Can Build

by Chris Kulczycki

Book Overview

The Kayak Shop includes complete plans and step-by-step instructions for building Yare - a 16-foot, 28-pound expedition kayak, and Pocomoke, a 20-foot touring double that, at 52 pounds, is light enough for one person to paddle. Also included is a section on designing your own kayak, and plans for building paddles from wood and epoxy.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0877423679
• ISBN13: 9780877423676
• Release Date: January 1993
• Publisher: Ragged Mountain Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.84 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 7.3" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

An outstanding book but obsolete plans!

This is an excellant book. Very educational and inspiring. The only problem I can see is that you do need to buy the plans to build the boats and unless you can loft the plans that are printed in the book, plans for these three kayaks are no longer available. "The New Kayak Shop" also by Chris Kulczycki is virtually the same book with not so much "three more" boats you can build but the improved versions of this books boats. In other words it replaces this book. Unless you are a dyed in the wool bookaholic like myself, just buy "The New Kayak Shop". Plans and kits are available for those boats and that combined with the quality of instruction from the book practically guarantees a high quality kayak at a very low price along with builders bragging rights.

Essential Reading for Stitch and Glue Kayak Builders

If you have ever considered building your own sea kayak, The Kayak Shop is required reading. The author clearly and effectively describes the steps involved in building these simple but elegant boats. It covers everything from materials and tools, to painting and varnishing tips and everything in between. The book is also nicely illustrated with photographs demonstrating specific building techniques. After reading this book, I built my own stitch and glue kayak from one of the author's kits. I referenced The Kayak Shop constantly during the process.

Very detailed. It Makes you want to get up and build.

Mr. Kulczycki makes kayak building easy to understand no matter what kayak you are building. Step by step direction and photos help the reader to understand the process of building. It makes you want to get up and build a kayak.

I have built two boats from this book and highly recomend it

Easy to understand,great boats

Outstanding

Very good intro to building stitch and glue boats. It would be a little easier to redraw to full size if the prints in the book included all of the needed dimensions. I have CAD, but I had to play around a little with the radii on the bow and stern to get them right. Unless I wanted to spend additional money on the full size plans from the author. Still, I consider this the "bible" for this type of boat construction.