Plywood Kayak Kits - Who Can Build?

A good question to ask because there are a lot of steps between opening the box and launching your kayak. Motivation and pride are more important than skill. We believe that your first kayak can be a professional quality boat. The trick is to break the process into small enough pieces that there is a familiar level for anyone to begin. From there it is a matter of completing a series of simple steps in order.

A number of kit suppliers lay claim to the 'Best Kit Instructions in the Industry' so that honor is taken. What we do include in each kit is a copy of 'Kayaks You Can Build', the book that will raise plywood kayak building to a new level of excellence. Hardbound, 260 pages, 475 color photo's, with a great history, glossary and index. A major portion of the book explores how-to do the various building steps in a variety of ways. The what-to or how the pieces fit together are in the form of a daily journal or time-line. Although this book will improve the quality of all plywood kayaks, part of the motivation for writing it was to provide concise and well illustrated instructions for our Bear Mountain Kayak Kits