k wrote:
Has anyone built the kayak from David Zimmerly's plans that Bill
mentioned (Thanks Bill). http://www.arctickayaks.com/ It looks
interesting. I'll have to figure how to scale it down because I do not
have a big enough space to build it. (22' yikes!) - k

Skin-on-frame kayaks are not typically built from plans. The popular
books on the subject (Morris, Cunningham, Starr, Petersen) teach you a
construction method and how to determine the proper dimensions to match
your body size. That's how the Inuit and Aleut did it (and still do).
Zimmerly's book contains examples of kayaks from several areas and has
dimensioned diagrams of them for reference, but does not teach the
construction methods. You could use those dimensions to duplicate the
boat, but you still need to learn how to build it. If you're thinking of
building any of the Aleut boats, Morris' book has instructions for
building them, in addition to the main section on building
Greenland-style boats. Cunningham's, Starr's and Petersens books are
about building Greenland-style boats only, though many of the techniques
are the same.