Cnc kayaks. cnc kayaks is a non-profit organisation supplying free plans to build sea kayaks. the kayak designs are derived from the kayaks of west greenland, and, in particular, the disko bay kayak preserved in the canadian museum of civilization, ottawa.. A sequence of images of the building and launch of a shrike sea kayak. the design was developed for stitch and glue construction from a west greenland qajaq by nick and christopher crowhurst.. Stitch-and-glue plywood construction of computer-cut panels makes the assembly very user-friendly. the structure is carefully and neatly reinforced with epoxy and fiberglass for use on rocky beaches. during construction, eric will explain options for outfitting the boats with seats, backrests, foot braces, hatch covers, and deck rigging..
Classic plywood, 'greenland' style stitch and glue kayak for small to medium size paddlers.. For those of you who don't know, stitch and glue is a well established method of building all kinds of boats. it involves cutting plywood into the right shapes, stitching the shapes together with wire, and then permanently gluing the whole thing up. a quick web search will yield loads of info about it.. Many of his advanced woodworking students have built skin-on-frame canoes, stitch-and-glue kayaks, wood-strip canoes, mahogany runabouts, and skin-on-frame aleutian and greenland-style kayaks in addition to their regular course work..
