The Best Boats You Can Build
At our Annapolis, Maryland showroom and boatbuilding shop you can see finished examples of our boat kits and pick up boatbuilding supplies and gear. However, most of our business is done over the internet; we will ship one of our meticulously prepared boat kits right to your door, hand-crafted and packed from our Annapolis shop.
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At Chesapeake Light Craft, we’re devoted to helping builders of all skill levels know the joy of assembling bits of wood into that most functional and beautiful of all shapes - a kayak, a canoe, a pulling boat, a sailboat.