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A Small Greenland Style Kayak
The Widgeon is designed for the paddler who wants a small, light weight of a boat with the beauty of wood at economical prices. These boats are built from Okoume mahogany plywood for strength and natural good looks. The Widgeon tracks well for its size and is great fun to paddle. Its stability is a comfort to novice paddlers. Flared sides provide comfortable secondary stability. It has a relatively high deck to provide leg room and dry ride.
Available with foam seat, footbraces, flush deck fittings and knob closed hatches standard. Custom built prices.
Widgeon: 14 feet long by 24 inches wide. Stitch and glue kits available
How do I choose which version?
Custom sizes can be built upon request, including child sizes.
The Widgeon hybrid, combining the unsurpassed looks of strip built wooden kayaks with the great looking, high performance and lightweight plywood Wigeon hull. Home builders will find the hybrid the ideal way to build a beautiful boat with much less effort and complexity than a strip built kayak. Plans and kits are now available.
Widgeon plans include full size templates (tape the sheets together and mark your plywood by punching through the paper) and simple instructions. This boat uses stitch and glue construction and can be assembled in about 80 hour of work; the hybrid will take about 110 hours. The stitch and glue requires three sheets of Okoume plywood. The hybrid requires 2 sheets plus 30-40 1/4"x3/4" full length cedar strips. Plans available for $85.00
(for more building detail purchase The KAYAK SHOP by Chris Kulsczyki, Ragged Mountain Press)
NEW!! The New Kayak Shop: More Elegant Wooden Kayaks Anyone Can Build, by Chris Kulczycki Mcgraw Hill, Up dated book with new boats, techniques and information.
Updated on February 2, 2010
by Shearwater Boats
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