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Making a Strip-Built Kayak: A Petrel Play built...
The first four videos in Nick Schade's series on building a Petrel Play kayak are in the VIDEOS section above. You can watch the whole sequence of the ten video...
Making a Strip-Built Kayak: A Petrel Play built...
The first four videos in Nick Schade's series on building a Petrel Play kayak are in the VIDEOS section above. You can watch the whole sequence of the ten video...
Autumn Leaves: A simple canoe yawl
Mike O'Brien reviewed new boat designs in WoodenBoat magazine for decades. In the March/April of 2016 (WB No. 249), he wrote about Autumn Leaves. You can read the article on...
Autumn Leaves: A simple canoe yawl
Mike O'Brien reviewed new boat designs in WoodenBoat magazine for decades. In the March/April of 2016 (WB No. 249), he wrote about Autumn Leaves. You can read the article on...
WoodenBoat's Small Boats 2015: Outrigger Junior
Multihull designer John Marples tried out the Outrigger Junior soon after it first came out. His thoughts on that initial sail were printed in WoodenBoat's 2015 Small Boats magazine. ...
WoodenBoat's Small Boats 2015: Outrigger Junior
Multihull designer John Marples tried out the Outrigger Junior soon after it first came out. His thoughts on that initial sail were printed in WoodenBoat's 2015 Small Boats magazine. ...
6,000 Miles in an Open Boat
August 2015: In 2008, John Guider set out in his specially modified Skerry from Cairo, Illinois, on the first leg of an historic Great Loop transit, heading down the Mississippi River to the...
6,000 Miles in an Open Boat
August 2015: In 2008, John Guider set out in his specially modified Skerry from Cairo, Illinois, on the first leg of an historic Great Loop transit, heading down the Mississippi River to the...
How To Take Great Photos of Boats
Click here to go back to the CLC Photo Contest Page My grandmother was fond of saying, "You can't take a bad photo of the water!" I appreciate the sentiment,...
How To Take Great Photos of Boats
Click here to go back to the CLC Photo Contest Page My grandmother was fond of saying, "You can't take a bad photo of the water!" I appreciate the sentiment,...
Small Boats 2014: The Faering Cruiser
The Faering Cruiser is a modern descendant of Scandinavian coastal rowing and sailing boats. Matt Murphy, editor of WoodenBoat magazine, reviewed CLC's Faering Cruiser in the 2014 issue of WoodenBoat's...
Small Boats 2014: The Faering Cruiser
The Faering Cruiser is a modern descendant of Scandinavian coastal rowing and sailing boats. Matt Murphy, editor of WoodenBoat magazine, reviewed CLC's Faering Cruiser in the 2014 issue of WoodenBoat's...
2011-11: CLC Wins Cocktail Class Wooden Boat Ra...
November 2011 Driving a prototype CLC kit, CLC boatbuilder Aaron McWain won the six-horsepower class in the Cocktail Class National Championships in Rock Hall, Maryland. Inexpensive and easy to build,...
2011-11: CLC Wins Cocktail Class Wooden Boat Ra...
November 2011 Driving a prototype CLC kit, CLC boatbuilder Aaron McWain won the six-horsepower class in the Cocktail Class National Championships in Rock Hall, Maryland. Inexpensive and easy to build,...
How to Build a Fiberglass Outboard Bracket for ...
By John C. Harris - 2010The instructions below show how to build a light, strong, elegant outboard bracket for PocketShip. Since we have a lot of scrap six-ounce fiberglass laying around...
How to Build a Fiberglass Outboard Bracket for ...
By John C. Harris - 2010The instructions below show how to build a light, strong, elegant outboard bracket for PocketShip. Since we have a lot of scrap six-ounce fiberglass laying around...
CLC Wins Readers Choice Awards!
Readers of Sea Kayaker Magazine have voted on their favorite boats and gear, and Chesapeake Light Craft has been chosen for "Best Kayak Kit"! Thanks to Sea Kayaker readers all...
CLC Wins Readers Choice Awards!
Readers of Sea Kayaker Magazine have voted on their favorite boats and gear, and Chesapeake Light Craft has been chosen for "Best Kayak Kit"! Thanks to Sea Kayaker readers all...
Building the Peace Canoe
WOODENBOAT MAGAZINE: GETTING STARTED IN BOATS - March/April 2007 & May/June 2007 by John C. Harris PART 1 Instructions PART 2 Instructions ...
Building the Peace Canoe
WOODENBOAT MAGAZINE: GETTING STARTED IN BOATS - March/April 2007 & May/June 2007 by John C. Harris PART 1 Instructions PART 2 Instructions ...
Shearwater 17 Review
Note from the Designer:Chesapeake Light Craft's commission for the Shearwater design called for a fast, nimble and fun kayak for paddlers wanting a good fit and good control. The Shearwater...
Shearwater 17 Review
Note from the Designer:Chesapeake Light Craft's commission for the Shearwater design called for a fast, nimble and fun kayak for paddlers wanting a good fit and good control. The Shearwater...
WORKING WIND - 13 KAYAK SAILS REVIEWED: CHESAPE...
APRIL 2005 ISSUE by Christopher CunninghamChesapeake Light Craft (CLC), a manufacturer of kit kayaks, offers a kit that converts a kayak into a sailing...
WORKING WIND - 13 KAYAK SAILS REVIEWED: CHESAPE...
APRIL 2005 ISSUE by Christopher CunninghamChesapeake Light Craft (CLC), a manufacturer of kit kayaks, offers a kit that converts a kayak into a sailing...
Review of Mbuli, A Pacific Proa Beach Cruiser
Designed by John Harris Commentary by Mike O'Brien WoodenBoat Magazine - Nov-Dec 2002 Now for something a little different. When young John...
Review of Mbuli, A Pacific Proa Beach Cruiser
Designed by John Harris Commentary by Mike O'Brien WoodenBoat Magazine - Nov-Dec 2002 Now for something a little different. When young John...
Review of John's Sharpie in WaterCraft - Nov/De...
John's Sharpie: A light and fast sailing sharpie from Chesapeake Light Craft While evaluating the ease of building and rowing of the Annapolis Wherry...
Review of John's Sharpie in WaterCraft - Nov/De...
John's Sharpie: A light and fast sailing sharpie from Chesapeake Light Craft While evaluating the ease of building and rowing of the Annapolis Wherry...