I always want to build a cedar strip boat. I even bought special routers bit, 26 years ago, to fabricate the cedar strips. Life got in the way, so no boat. Fast forward to 2021, retired, and time on my hands, time to build a boat. Since my wife is not the boating type, I won’t with a kayak. I had a 10’ plastic one and liked the design of the bottom, more stable. Went looking for a design, lots out there. But I am always looking for the out of the ordinary things. I used some design from a cedar strip canoe book, some the plastic kayak and made the stiff back and forms. Went to every lumber yard to find 12’ 1” x12” cedar boards. Ripped them, cove and beaded 200+- strips. I did not like the idea of stapling the strip, so used all kinds of clamps. Some store bought, some made and some bungee cords. Sometimes the strips did not want to go the way I wanted them to go so some re-engineering along the way. It took me 6 months to build. I had as much fun building the kayak as I do taking it out on the water.
