Synthetics and composites have plenty of benefits, but they’ll never compete with the look of wood. This Cedar Strip Wooden Kayak from Justin Charles ($16,000) manages to provide the best of both ...

As a paddler living in Red Wing, Minnesota, I have spent many enjoyable hours cruising the beautiful rivers and lakes located just a few miles from my home. Last winter, while the ice thickened and ...

FLUSHING-- Gary Debevec clearly remembers the day he became interested in building cedar-strip canoes and kayaks. One of his two daughters, Nicole, asked him if he was willing to go to her college ...

What is a cedar-strip canoe, anyway? The basic idea behind a cedar-strip canoe is to make a hull of narrow wood strips, each one glued to the next with ordinary carpenter’s glue, and then cover the ...

LAKE FLORIDA -- Dr. Dean Lindquist, D.D.S., traveled hundreds of miles to Peterborough, Ontario, Canada, to learn how to make a hand-held planer sing. Dr. Dean Lindquist, D.D.S., explores the waters ...

GRAND LEDGE -- When Allen Deming decided to opt out of corporate life in 2006, he seized upon an idea: why not build a pair of cedar strip kayaks, one for himself and one for his wife. He had grown up ...

Real people and the boats they love. Mark Vore’s cedar strip kayaks are sold as floating works of art through a gallery. Growing up in the prime boating area of Minnesota’s Boundary Waters Canoe Area ...