https://www.archipelagofolkschool.org/kayak-building

The course was last week.

JB, I am now a member, thanks to your efforts. Well done!
Nick

JB, many thanks. Message on the way.
Nick.

JB, there is a discussion on that forum about the Shrike kayak, and, as the originator of the Shrike project, I naturally wish to contribute to the discussion: https://www.seekajakforum.de/forum/read.php?1,114835 I would be grateful if you could contact an administrator of the forum to permit me to ...

Thanks, Mac, I've edited it.

The German sea kayaking forum is www.seekajakforum.de and it includes discussion of those who have built our Shrikes ( cnckayaks.com) I wish to take part in these discussions, but the forum anti-spam and anti-bot systems reject my membership application, which I presume is because my email and IP ad...

Al, I buy 3 litres of the non-blushing low viscosity MAS epoxy from here: https://www.ecfibreglasssupplies.co.uk/product/mas-low-viscosity-epoxy-kit-slow-cure Epoxy is heavy and expensive, so try to use the minimum commensurate with strength. I use tongue depressors to form the fillets. By varying t...

I've not previously seen one with quadrilateral hatches.

Costa, from Transylvania, Romania, has obeyed the instruction from his 7 year old son to decorate his Vember with animal drawings.
Nick

Boatsie, I built the first Vember using Pawlonia, as did Plymouth Damo for his Vember Expedition. The free Build Manual, included in the plans download as a PDF, shows this in photos. I now just use strips without the cove and bead, as described in the Manual. Making one's own cove and bead without ...

Boatsie, have you also considered our strip-built Vember? Both Shrike and Vember can be scaled for length and beam in the paper print-out of the free plans PDFs, but with Vember one can also vary the beam and the length independently of each other: http://cnckayaks.com/vember/ You may have already r...

Beryl, you've brightened up my day/week/year. Our project is based on love of life, and love of paddling and sailing on our wonderful waterways. Our only reward is the knowledge that we've helped spread this love around the world, so we're always very happy and grateful to receive messages of suppor...

...and Happy New Year to you all.

Neall in Devon, U.K is making good progress:

Peter M. snatched a paddle on Monday near Polkerris just before the heavy gales arrived:

What's the best sea kayaking photo you've taken? Here's mine, which I took of my pal Tony at Bantham, Devon. I used a Sony DSC U-60, purchased on the advice of Douglas W.

Learning to muddle my way down middle-grade white water was the best move I ever made to improve my rock-hopping and tidal race skills in a sea kayak. Indeed, one rocky tidal race I used on the biggest tide of the year was "grade 4 white water overlain with a channel swell every few seconds" accordi...

Selkie Kayaks from Newhaven, Sussex, UK, is producing Shrikes with some fine workmanship: https://selkiekayaks.co.uk/

She is Zeka's second Shrike:

Ariel in Spain has just completed his very pretty Shrike. He has installed the optional three-part foredeck, rather than using our standard single sheet of 3 mm plywood. Sometimes builders do this because they are only able to source thicker plywood that is unable to bend to the complex shape requir...

Photo received this week from Jeff in the USA.

Today I received this photo from Ben in Australia with his elegant new Shrike: