Kayak Building Blog
Making Petrel Play: Fiberglassing the Hull - Episode 9
Hi, I'm Nick Schade at Guillemot Kayaks. Welcome to Episode 9 of my series on building Petrel Play, a cedar-strip kayak.
Making Petrel Play: Fitting the Cockpit Recess - Episode 8
Hi, I’m Nick Schade, the designer, builder and owner of Guillemot Kayaks. Welcome to episode 8 of my series on making the Petrel Play strip built kayak.
Making Petrel Play: Scraping and Sanding - Episode 7
Hello, I’m Nick Schade the owner, designer and builder at Guillemot Kayaks. We are up to episode 7 of my series on building the Petrel Play. I am making this kayak using the strip built method.
Making Petrel Play: Stripping the Deck - Episode 6
Hi I'm Nick Schade at Guillemot Kayaks. Welcome to Episode 6 of my series of videos on building the Petrel Play.
Making Petrel Play: Stripping the Bottom - Episode 5
Hi, I’m Nick Schade at Guillemot Kayaks. Welcome to episode five of my series on building the strip-built kayak the Petrel Play. In the last episode we stripped up the side of the kayak, in this episode we will strip across the bottom.
I hope you enjoy.
Making Petrel Play: Stripping the Side - Episode 4
Video Four in a series documenting the making of a strip built kayak. In the last episode I made the inner stems out of pine and tapered and installed the sheer strips.
Making Petrel Play: Making Inner Stems and Installing the First Strips - Episode 3
Video 3 in the series documenting the making of a strip-built kayak. Making the inner stems and installing the first strips
Making Petrel Play: Cutting Strips and Setting up Forms - Episode 2
Video 2 in a series documenting my build of the Petrel Play. In this episode I cut the strips and set up the forms.
Making Petrel Play: Introduction - Episode 1
This is the introduction to my series of videos documenting my building of a strip built Petrel Play. In this episode I describe the design, how I came up with it and what makes it special.
New Video Series on Making the Petrel Play
I've just started a new series of videos documenting the Petrel Play build I did last fall. I will be covering the whole process from buying the wood through launching the kayak. I hope to be able to release a new video every week or so. Be sure to subscribe to my Youtube page so you are kept up to date on the latest releases.