High Performance Wooden Sea Kayaks

S&G Guillemot

Free Stitch and Glue Kayak Plans

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I've decided to make the plans for my Stitch & Glue Guillemot available to internet users as "share ware". If you end up building this boat please send me a photograph of the results.

If you don't want to deal with lofting from the offsets, I have full sized drawings available.

You can read my experiences making this kayak in the journal I tried to keep as I built it. For now the journal will have to

Peter Fagan - S&G Guillemot

Peter Fagan | S&G Guillemot
Peter Fagan - S&G Guillemot

Nick
Thought you might like to take a look at the progress of the cambered deck.
(hope you are not offended by my alterations to your plans). I am pleased
with the result, however I had always planned to paint the hull, but now
wish I had used a better grade ply on the hull and taken a bit more care
with the scarf so that it could be varnished.
I am now inspired enough to do a stripper (have ordered your book). The wife
can paddle this one.

John Welch - S&G Guillemot Wife Likes it

John Welch | S&G Guillemot
John Welch - S&G Guillemot Wife Likes it

Hi Nick,

Here are the pics - I took a lot through the whole process - I have much
higher resolution versions if you are interested, I didn't want to bomb your
mailbox with huge files.

I enjoyed building the kayak - a process that was greatly aided with the
insights from your site - My curiosity was first caught by the photo journal
on Pete Notman's site
http://home.clear.net.nz/pages/grantglazer/Kayak/Guillemot.htm there are
some great links and ideas here - you probably know.

I found building fairly simple - but I started my working life as a

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