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With the wooden boat festival cancelled in Vancouver Canada, the Wooden Boat Society is organizing a small boat rendezvous for Sept 24, 2022. It will be held at the new wooden boat center in New Westminster, BC, Canada. If you have a car topper (canoe or kayak) or small trailered wooden boat...

No it does not. I highly recommended to the person we put a skeg in, but he chose not to. Now he has backed out. A bit late but not impossible to do. Would have been a lot easier before deck went on.

Oops. Yes should have read 5"10"

New Black Pearl kayak. Custom wood strip, never seen water. Designed by Bjorn Thomasson for a paddler with height up to 5'10", weight range of 155-175 lbs. and due to traditional cockpit opening, a slender build. Contact me for more info and pricing. rod@orcaboats.ca

Standard payout without insurance is $2 per pound. Insurance is usually 3% of total declared value, but you will not likely get insurance if not crated. A good crate should be able to withstand stacking. But I suppose if the product is not that valuable to the owner, then wrapping in...

Try contacting this company. https://www.canaangroup.ca/ I had a possible shipment going to Australia. Even though it did not go s customer arranged own shipping, the sales rep here was extremely helpful. Kayak would need to be crated for insurance purposes and would likely need to be crated...

I have built lots of hatches that did not use marine ply. A layer of glass and multiple coats of epoxy will seal it well. What thickness and dimensions of ply as I also may have some scraps pieces as well and I am in coquitlam.

Had a cancellation, so if anyone was hoping for a spot, there is one now

This course is now full

I sympathize. When I set up my web site, I had visions of setting up an online location to post photos of wooden boats, a gallery of sorts, using forum type software. After only 6-12 months, I gave up to the bots. I use less social media now and only casually check on forum sites. Spam and...

A few spots left for anyone interested to bring in their boat and join the class.

I believe kits are sold for the Shrike or Pearl through Dan at Clearstream kayaks, but I do not seem to find his web site, just Facebook. I have built a Pearl in strip form years back for a customer so you could contact me directly. Just trying to be careful not to self promote here.

Shrike is ply and Black Pearl can be either ply (from a kit) or strip. Ply is less expensive to have built with less labor involved especially if it comes in a kit. And cost will also depend on whether clear coated or painted as painted is easier to fill, fair and paint than clear coat.

Course on minor repairs is almost half full already. If thinking about it, only a few spots left as we only have so much room.

Suggested retail on a pair of those is $385 plus taxes. I can get wholesale and sell to you for $290 but looks like either not in stock or not carrying anymore.