Kayak Building Plans
for wood strip sea kayaks

One Ocean Kayaks plans are a product of professional CAD and Hull Design software, years of experience, prototype testing and hundreds of hours of computer time. With the exception of marking the station distances on the 'spine' you will NOT be measuring ANYTHING. These plans are designed so that you can have all forms precisely cut in about two hours and begin with your kayak construction.

• All stations, hatches, cockpit cutouts even hip (butt) plates are plotted full size. Special instructions relating to individual forms, the mold assembly and stations layout are included to eliminate guessing and assumptions. All drawings are on D size paper (2ft x 3ft) (61 x 91,5 cm) and are printed to an accuracy of 0.005in. You will not find a more thorough and accurate kayak plans, guaranteed!
  
  
• Kayak plans include drawings with four scaled views (top-plan, side, front-body plan and perspective) including a full size front view with an illustration of the mold assembly.
  The scaled views are used to locate bulkheads, hatches and cockpit cutouts and will provide you with a visual reference throughout the construction. This is important for there is no guessing about what goes where and what is what.
  
  
• The full size body plan is mainly for alignment reference you can also use it in an emergency to retrace any station shape. (Except the bow and stern). This means you have a back-up if you make a mistake!
  
  
• Plans have two to three cockpit shapes and sizes so that you can choose your best fit. I also custom alter the shape or size of the template per your specifications and request for FREE!
  
  
• You will be wasting NO time converting English measurements to Metric units. All important dimensions in One Ocean Kayak plans have METRIC equivalent for those who have never heard of feet and inches!
  

Forget crawling on your knees lofting with splines or transferring a table of offsets from cheap building plans and blueprints.

Working with full scale printed plans is a much faster and accurate way to build wooden kayaks like these.

The fact of the matter is that the vast majority of 'plans' out there are just 'copies of copies of copies'. Blueprinting and copying is notoriously inaccurate. It may be good enough for architectural purposes but not for building precise forms for kayaks where the accuracy of one millimeter makes a difference between a fair and bumpy hull! Many designers simply entrust their plans to repro-graphic companies who really don't pay much attention to calibration of the equipment and some forms of copying are not even suitable for precise reproduction.
I am well aware of this problem and that is why EVERY set of plans is an 'original', created and plotted on top notch equipment.

I addition to accurate printing, One Ocean Kayaks plans are also plotted in full COLOR. There is NO confusion about which line is which and what to cut. First time builders as well as experienced pros will find orientation a snap!

All Kayak plans packages are accompanied by a comprehensive and heavily illustrated Kayak Building Manual that picks up where the plans leave off. It covers every aspect of construction including techniques for graphite cockpit coaming and composite gasket channels for flush hatches.

For those who have done this type of construction before, the plans alone are sufficient. For new builders, I recommend that the Kayak Building manual is their main guide throughout the entire project.

Comprehensive
KAYAK PLANS PACKAGE

•  Kayak Plans - precise, full size forms plotted in COLOR
•  Building Manual - with all color photos and CAD drawings
•  Hydrostatics and all technical data relating to the kayak model
•  Span strips dimensions- used for precise matching of hull and deck
•  Coaming mold- A Minicel band to create low profile carbon coaming
  

  Guaranteed Builder Support - If for some reason you find an obstacle that the plans or manual do not address, do not hesitate to contact me. I am as excited to see my kayaks in action as you will be when you hit the Ocean surf or your favorite launch spot.
  
  Builders' Pages - bonus pages with lots of detailed, high quality images of Graphite coaming construction, helpful tricks and other building tasks.