We’re calling it the “Peeler” after the Chesapeake slang for a local delicacy.Ī dory is a lot of boat for the money, which explains the enduring popularity of the type going back 150 years or more. It’s a “crab skiff,” as they’re known in these parts. Harris designed this light but sturdy 15-footer. But strip-planked boatbuilding is not for everyone.
Nick Schade’s line of strip-planked Greenland-style sea kayaks are renowned for sophisticated performance on the water, beautiful lines, and sculptural hull details. Watch the Petrel Play in surfing action.ĭoubles can be big, like our voluminous Chesapeake Double, or they can be small, like our handy-but-compact Wood Duck Double. Little by little, designers like Nick Schade are squeezing huge performance out of compact dimensions.
Paddlers are demanding versatility AND performance from their sea kayaks these days. It's a "hybrid" because it combines a stitch-and-glue hull with a cedar-strip deck. The Mill Creek 16.5 Hybrid differs from the original in that a cedar-strip deck is substituted for the standard okoume plywood deck. An enduring favorite among paddlers, the award-winning Chesapeakes are the gold standard for build-it-yourself sea kayaks. More than 7000 Chesapeake-series kits have been shipped since 1996. They are easy to build but handsome and fast. An enduring favorite among paddlers, the award-winning Chesapeakes are the gold standard for build-it-yourself sea kayaks. See a step-by-step overview of how a stitch-and-glue kayak is built or watch a timelapse of one of our Chesapeake classes in the CLC shop. With stitch-and-glue construction, no strongbacks, forms, or temporary frames are required to build the boats. Stitch-and-glue boat building is not only stronger, lighter, and faster than traditional wooden boat building, but it also takes far less skill. Stitch-and-glue construction, along with the development of epoxy and modern mahogany marine plywood, has revolutionized and revitalized wooden boat building.
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Shearwaters, Shearwater Hybrids, Wood Ducks, Sea Island Sport, Matunuck, and all of our strip-planked kayaks feature full-size plans sets that show all parts at their full size. Other components are scaled and dimensioned. Our standard boat plans are on 24" x 36" paper parts that fit within those dimensions are shown full size. You might already have a stash of marine grade plywood and epoxy, or it might just be your preference to build the whole boat from the keel up. Plans may be downloaded at no cost and printed locally, or by commercial printers, some of which are listed later.Ġ.833m long x 0.394m wide (32.5” x 15.Thousands of builders have assembled Chesapeake Light Craft's stitch-and-glue boats from scratch. See Shrike Too for an ocean cockpit and a forehatch. For example, a 90% scaled Shrike is illustrated in the Build Gallery. The Shrike plans can be printed at various scalings to permit these dimensions to be varied. Paddlers have differing requirements for the length and beam of a sea kayak, and for the shape, size and height of the cockpit. bulkheads, hatches, skeg, and a keyhole cockpit. The Greenland hull is here combined with the best of modern sea kayak construction developments, e.g. These classic and beautiful lines, the result of centuries of development, produce a hull that is maneuverable, and suited to rough water.
The hull lines are traditional West Greenland.
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FREE plans for Shrike, a lightweight sea kayak for stitch and glue construction