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[fireflyr]

Those are awesome kayaks! What is needed for maintaining the wood? Do they also have wood frames and are they heavy compared to fiberglass or plastic? What's the pulley device on the rear of the longer one? Sorry for all the questions, but you mentioned you built them and they just look serious for paddling.

They are built from plans by Chesapeake Light Craft and don’t really require any maintenance. Construction is mahogany ply with 4 oz fiberglass over the hulls. My Pax weighs less than 25 pounds and the 16’ boat is about 30 pounds. Really light, fast boats. The rudder assembly on the pax is operated by foot pedals. Nice in a wind.

 

[fireflyr]

Here’s a triple CLC Chesapeake I built with my oldest daughter for her senior project 25 years ago. 21’ long and weighs about 75 pounds.

It came off the roof of the truck in Montana at one point and broke the last 3’ off of it. We repaired it with epoxy and re-decked it with old growth redwood and cedar.

With 3 people paddling you can damn near get it up on plane.