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Building and Designing my Dream Kayak
February 2, 2026
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Designing and Building “Runner” — A High-Performance Wooden Kayak for Speed and Surf

February 2, 2026 By admin

In this video, I design and build Runner, the fastest and most specialized kayak I’ve ever made. For nearly 15 years, I built kayaks almost exclusively for customers. My own boats were worn out, and

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Tagged kayak building, kayak design, Runner, strip built, video
A new kayak building series
January 26, 2024
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A New Stitch and Glue Kayak Building Series on YouTube

January 26, 2024 By admin

INTRODUCTION It’s been a while since I’ve shared a video, and this time, it’s not about documenting a customer build. Instead, I want to guide you, the audience on YouTube, through building a boat

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Tagged Free Video, kayak building, kayak design, Petrel SG, stitch and glue
September 17, 2020
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Kayak Stability

September 17, 2020 By admin

What could be easier than stability? Just make the boat wide and it will be stable … right? Yet, there are kayaks out there from 20″ to 32″ wide, all of which the manufacturers

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Tagged kayak design, naval architecture, stability
Petrels two different lengths
August 29, 2020
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Is a Longer Kayak Faster?

August 29, 2020 By admin

​ I often get questions to the effect of: “I have trouble keeping up with my friends, what kayak should I get?” Everyone knows that longer kayaks are faster, so obviously I should be

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Tagged kayak design, naval architecture, speed
August 29, 2020
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Bear Mountain Boats Plans

August 29, 2020 By admin

I am excited and deeply honored to be able to announce that I am now offering plans from Bear Mountain Boats. For those who don’t know Bear Mountain Boats is the company started by Ted Moores and

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Tagged bear mountain boats, boat plans, kayak building, kayak design, kayak plans

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