Sea Kayak, Beautiful Hand Made Wooden Sea Kayak

This is a beautiful, handmade, wooden sea kayak. It’s made from 3mm thick marine ply, weighs around 19Kg, its 18.5 feet long. It has a very thin glass fibre covering over the ply, this is not really visible apart from under very close inspection. It also has a thicker strip of glass fibre along its keel for durability. It is a lovely boat to paddle, very quick in the water and tracks really well.

It has a slot for a skeg although I have never fitted one. It has a fibre glass seat but no footrest. I have always used a closed dry bag in the footwell. It has watertight ply bulk heads and two hatches. Both hatch covers are in perfect working order with no splits or cracks.

The boat was made by hand by a wood working teacher. He was a keen paddler and built it in his own time for his own use. Very sadly he passed away before the boat was finished. I bought the boat and finished it off. I don’t have any further details on the design that it was made to.

I have never seen another boat quite like it. I have paddled it in some fairly rough seas around Anglesey and it has always felt stable and very capable. The surface varnish on the hull does need re-coating. It is peeling and flaking a bit in places. There are a couple of small patches where the glass fibre sheet has blistered and come off.

The boat is in perfectly useable condition as it is, but it would benefit from a little bit of elbow grease to bring it back to full glory. Any questions, please feel free to ask: phone I am happy to deliver the boat within a reasonable distance for the cost of the fuel (there and home again), but cash on collection would be preferred. Message me if you would like to discuss anything. Thank you. Andy