All information herein is and remains the exclusive property of tom yost. Kayarchy sea kayak construction methods 5 skinonframe. Folding kayak builders manual folding kayak design menu. Written by clayton crain, craig kyle, christopher yost. If all i get get locally is stuff that will perform much worse id rather just pay the price and import it. The folbot rigid sporty from the fiftys has plywood frames and cypress stringers. I wanted to build the lightest possible kayak so i could do some lake portage trips and carry the kayak comfortably under my arm over the portages. Siskiwit bay skinonframe sea kayak plans paddling light. How i learned to stop worrying and love the steam box after following, with great interest, a number of other members sof projects i got inspired to finally bite the bullet and start my own skinonframe kayak.
They are two of the most highly valued books in my kayak library. The modern skin on frame kayak i started cape falcon kayak with the idea that a skinkayak shouldnt have to make excuses for itself, that skinonframe kayaks can be as tough, as comfortable, and paddle every bit as well as thier fiberglass progeny. Theres a lot of information out there about sof construction. The foot hull is covered in a tough translucent carbon fabric that you stretch over it. Guillemot mystery as a skinonframe sof kayak for racing. Free instrucions and plans, easy to build homebuilt sof kayak designs. There are other, older books, as well by george dyson, wolfgang brinck, david zimmerly, etc. You take 2 sheets of coroplast and sandwich them together. Yost sea bee kayak sort of in reply to this post by whameller ive updated the gallery with a few photos of my slow progress with the second sof kayak. Tom had a absolutely spectacular website describing how he went about making them, step by step, with enough pictures to put a preteen facebook addict to shame, and now all of that information is no more. Dec 14, 2009 there are a few other greenland sof kayak building books, currently available by mark starr and chris cunningham, as well as the fantastic reference bible kayaks of greenland by harvey golden. I have access to a pretty well equipped workshop that my fatherinlaw has. It came out a bit high volume to be an easy rolling boat, but worked fine for an allround day paddler. These free kayak plans are for builders desiring a skinonframe version of the boat built in yoststyle.
Wood frame kayak builders manual homebuilt sof kayaks by. Trial and error the evolution of a folding kayak by tom yost designing a. Weve all seen a skinboat that a buddy built in his garage, and sure, its a neat idea, but. I got a feel for how light things can be with my last build, a platt monfort geodesic airolite canoe. Sof kayaks are usually light but they are surprisingly tough. These free kayak plans are for builders desiring a skinonframe version of the boat built in yost style. Most of our kayaks are built using a hybrid lashed frame construction with a sewn heavy duty dacron skin. To report issues with this mirror website, please contact. Prior to starting the stripping on the freedom 15 canoe, i thought id try and rig together the frame of a skinonframe kayak i had come across tom yosts website and found a ton of good information on his sof construction method, along with several different kayak designs. The siskiwit bay sof is a multichined version of the original siskiwit bay cedar strip boat. Siskiwit bay skinonframe sea kayak plans 36 comments articles, free kayak and canoe plans, free kayak plans, kayaks by bryan hansel the siskiwit bay sof is a multichined version of the original siskiwit bay cedar strip boat. How not to build a sof kayak westcoastpaddler forums. Paddlinglight offers many canoe and kayak plans for cedarstrip, skinonframe and yoststyle building methods. Feb 21, 2015 nice yost kayak plans welcome here i have information useful for you yes this for yost kayak plans from another source siskiwit bay skin on frame sea kayak plans, yost style skinonframe free kayak plans.
Fundamentals of kayak navigation by david burch, sea kayakers savvy paddler. Skin on frame kayak plan so i have been searching for some free sof kayak plans but cant seam to come up with much luck. Most sof kayak builders prefer to skin their kayak with a very thick nylon or polyester fabric, and waterproof it themselves by brushing on a hightech hellbrew of a sealant. The plans come as fullsized drawings that you can print.
Bolger was a designer with an uncommonly open mind. Sof olympiad syllabus engineering entrance exams medical entrance exams olympiad booksntse general ebooks school booksboards olympiad skills development combo packs on discount government sector exams activities and literature free downloads offered books custom category monthly magazines ecommerce, books, cd, shop, online shopping. The f1 kayak adventures in kayak design brian, i finally got a chance to paddle one of your kayaks. For stitch and glue plywood builders, the siskiwit bay mc is also available. There are many posts about kayak builiding scatered on the web, many of those are hard to find, so here ill try to, at least, source them. Schade, nick, the stripbuilt sea kayak, maine, ragged mountain press, 1998. The january 1998 issue of sea kayaker magazine detailed one mans project designing and building an aluminum framed, hypalon hulled kayak based in part on the feathercraft designs. I began with the hull offsets for tom yost s sea rider multichine then altered them to fit my body size based on traditional measuring techniques from robert morriss book building skin on frame boats thankfully purchased before it went out of print. Skinonframe custom kayak intro lightweight boatbuilding. The fuselagestyle construction presented here and popularized in recent years by tom yost, is a relativley quick and easy way to build a sturdy, lightweight boat. Sof kayak fabric coating test by steve schmeck back to manytracks home introduction.
The book mainly describes how to build one style of greenland kayak, but you can use the. However, it will be not a stripper construction as originally designed by nick shade. There are a few other greenland sof kayak building books, currently available by mark starr and chris cunningham, as well as the fantastic reference bible kayaks of greenland by harvey golden. Here is how to build the cheapest, lightest folding kayak possible. Contrary to their delicate looks, sof boats are very tough and durable. It takes a lot more than hitting a rock, stick or some other object in the water. Tom provides free offsets for a number of kayaks at and dave gentry offers plans and kits for a variety of skinonframe boats at. I have access to a pretty well equipped workshop that my fatherinlaw has assembled from decades of farming.
Building the greenland kayak by christopher cunningham, isbn 0079237. At 18 long and 20 wide its size fits nicely between the sea rover and the long shot and somehow captures the best attributes of both boats. Enter tom yost, a legendary folding kayak builder, with an outstanding website. This book takes you step by step on how to recreate an authentic and very pleasing kayak, both to paddle and to look at. Its a great modern britishstyle sea kayak that a builder can scale down to suit his size. Weight was a greater consideration that durability. For clear and concise advice it would be hard to improve on. This was the first boat i built since, as a sixteen year old, i constructed a minimax hydroplane from plans offerred in science and mechanics magazine the fuselagestyle construction presented here and popularized in recent years by tom yost, is a relativley quick and easy way to build a sturdy, lightweight boat. Find information on kayaking, kayak fishing, stand up paddling sup, and canoeing. Canoe buildalong pictorial with notes my third skin on frame sof canadian style canoe.
Ive built both greenland and aleutian style sofs one each, using the cunningham and brinck books. Tom yost is a prolific kayak designer and builder and his boats were where i got started in sof. Siskiwit bay skinonframe sea kayak plans, yoststyle skinonframe free kayak plans. There are no plans for this canoe, all i knew is that i wanted it to be around 4. I used chris cunninghams building the greenland kayak and came out with a great boat. Jan 20, 2005 there are several great books out on sof building. Then built a yost design wooden frame boat as a practice boat which amazingly enough paddles pretty well all told,nothing against the design, just my building skills and finally built a pretty traditional sof using bjorn thomassens hunter as a guide. Its gonna take a bit of getting used to but so far i love it. Nice yost kayak plans welcome here i have information useful for you yes this for yost kayak plans from another source siskiwit bay skin on frame sea kayak plans, yoststyle skinonframe free kayak plans. It also had to be packable, so it had to be a folder. Unicorn kayaks offers a unique custom kayak building service to the discerning paddler. Sep 14, 2017 yostwerks kayak building manuals homebuilt kayaks by thomas yost. Susanita from the purple mirage blog has started together with dave isbell a cool winter project.
Tom yost makes beatiful skinonframe kayaks, either folders or rigid, and. It was built similar to a tom yost boat only with much lighter weight components. About to start skinning a 16 foot fuselage frame, touring style skin on frame kayak, primarily for light duty overnight tripping. This is a mirror site of, all information on this website, unless otherwise noted, is the property of tom yost, who id like to thank for the huge amount of effort he clearly has expended in creating it. Known in paddling circles as dy, he has the distinction of having nearly 80 of his canoe and kayak designs produced, making him the most prolific designer of human powered watercraft of all time.
Robert morris building skinonframe boats covers a host of different. More than 500 tips for better kayaking by doug alde. Building the greenland kayak by christopher cunningham mcgrawhill, 2003. Below, details from a 19 foot 3 inch east greenland kayak by harvey golden, from his website. Through a small amount of research and a few emails with tom. It also has vinyl naugahide skin that is a coated, virtually waterproof fabric. Out of all the canoe and kayak building books, schade takes a unique approach to building a strong back. David yost is the mind behind the design of the flashfire, wildfire and starfire. This video shows you just how tough they really are. I conducted this test in midmarch, 2017 in response to some difficulties incurred when coating the covering material on a skinonframe kayak in the spring of 2016. The greenland was my regular kayak for three solid years. This is a skin on frame kayak that was made as a prototype to make with my middle school woodshop class.
Some prefer to skin their kayaks with a natural cloth such as cotton canvas as in the illustration, or the stronger flax canvas, cut and stitched to fit tightly over the frame and then waterproofed with natural materials. As stryfe gets even closer to learning the secret of hope summers. A manual for its contruction and use by christopher cunningham. Heres a sort of semifolding kayak idea from pax rolfe. Yostwerks kayak building manuals homebuilt kayaks by.
Skin material for skin on frame kayak boat design net. Sof olympiad syllabus engineering entrance exams medical entrance exams olympiad books ntse general ebooks school books boards olympiad skills development combo packs on discount government sector exams activities and literature free downloads offered books custom category monthly magazines ecommerce, books, cd, shop, online shopping. Sep 10, 20 skin on frame kayak plan so i have been searching for some free sof kayak plans but cant seam to come up with much luck. It was my birthday and judy let me paddle her boat.
We specialise in skin on frame kayaks as we feel they offer many advantages over plastic and composite kayaks. See more ideas about kayaking, wooden kayak and wooden boats. I have run mine upon many rocks, across submerged logs, stumps and tree limbs and i have yet to make more than a small mark on the hull. I know there are a few plans that are written in number refrences but i am a first time builder so i was hoping for something more visual as i want to do a good attempt on it. Free instrucions and plans, easy to build homebuilt wood sof kayak designs. Skin on frame kayak post by mick m fri jun 03, 2011 7. Yostwerks helped me build my first sof kayak, the sea rider, it is a great help for beginers and a small idea guide for anyone who uses a different approach on diy kayak building. Id like to thank him for the huge amount of effort he clearly has invested in creating it. So, the only solution and more affordable one seems to build a foldable racing kayak by myself using, e. Draw out a kayak shape on the coroplast sheet from end to end.
But, after finishing a west greenland style skinonframe, i couldnt stomach. It was a peak experience, it was like wearing silk underwear. Trying a few things to keep the weight down while ensuring respectable durability, and was thinking that i might shave a couple of pounds off by using a heavier fabric only on the bottom up to the gunnel e. Health and wellness coachbooks worth reading the greenland kayak and its accessories wood canoe, wooden kayak, canoe boat, kayak. There are some great advantages to a kayak of this style. The coaming was shaped to allow knees to be drawn up when desired, the hull width ended. This video was posted to the greenland kayak forum and was very well received. Below, a variant of the sea tour design by tom yost of yostwerks. At my age, lightweight trumps all else, so i decided to use a similar type of construction on this new kayak, building the hull first canoe style, then adding. Also check out mark starrs building a greenland kayak he works at mystic seaport and hosts their artic boats weekend in september. Took my new skin on frame kayak out for its first paddle. May 21, 2016 siskiwit bay skinonframe sea kayak plans, yost style skinonframe free kayak plans.