Wood Boat Kit
Before becoming one of the most popular types of watercraft in North America, kayaks enjoyed thousands of years of use among the ice floes above the Arctic Circle. The Inuits and other indigenous Arctic cultures relied upon their sealskin covered kayaks for hunting and travel in cold, dangerous waters. Modern kayak designers can do little to improve upon the hull shapes they developed.
Today, recreational kayaks are loosely divided into two categories: whitewater kayaks and sea kayaks. Sea kayaks are meant for cruising on open waters. They are long and narrow for speed and for straight steering in wind and waves, and they can carry a good load of camping gear for trips of a month or more.
The Chesapeake 17 sea kayak is produced by Chesapeake Light Craft. While easy to build from a kit or plans, the Chesapeake 17 is a high-performance boat, combining the crisp handling and good looks of the hard-chined, V-bottomed West Greenland style hull design with the long waterline and high volume of modern expedition sea kayaks.
The standard Chesapeake 17 is built of African mahogany plywood fastened together with epoxy glue, with a sheathing of fiberglass cloth set in epoxy. Thousands of Chesapeake 17s have been assembled by amateur boatbuilders from plans and kits since the design was introduced in 1996. #182-448-7 Plank on frame construction .
Laser-cut hull frames and Cockpit Coaming. Die-cut planks. Deck and Hatch Covers. Shaped Bow and Stern Blocks. Elastic thread for the deck bungies Hatch straps with photo-etched brass buckles. Felt seat cushions
Dimensions: Length:17" Beam: 2" Scale:1/12
Price: US$49.00on special US$44.95
This page was last updated January 1st 2006.
