I opted for the do-it-yourself route. An article about wooden kayak kits in Wooden Boat magazine sparked my interest in home-built craft. "If Noah could build an ark after turning 600," I reasoned, "I ...

Larry Gadaire was paddling his homemade cedar strip canoe on Lake Renwick near Cavalier, N.D., one day about 25 years ago when he saw someone cruising the lake in a kayak. A cabinet maker by trade, ...

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What to do with a kayak designed and built by Nick Schade? Put it in the water? Or put it in a museum? One look at one of Schade’s handmade wood-frame kayaks, and most people say the same thing: “I’d ...

Master skin-on-frame sea kayak builder Brian Schulz, founder of Oregon’s Cape Falcon Kayaks, offers lessons on craftsmanship, paddling and personal wellness. Perhaps it’s the experience of gazing at a ...