This kayak is the second prototype in a series of short and lightweight recreational kayaks. The hull was designed in SolidWorks and optimized using design study tools and further modified for ...

ST. MICHAELS — This fall, the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum and Delmarva Paddlers Retreat are partnering up to offer the public a chance to build their own skin-on-frame kayak.

PUTNAM TOWNSHIP (AP) --To some, kayaks are a dime a dozen, available at a slew of sporting goods stores almost everywhere. Not to Putnam Township's Gerry Neumeier. Neumeier builds skin-on-frame kayaks ...

Kayaks are an intrinsic feature of Inuit culture, used for hunting, fishing, travel, and recreation, employed by generations of indigenous people across the Arctic, from Alaska to Greenland and ...

Kiliii Yuyan’s skin-on-frame kayaks may look like delicate works of art, but, as a descendant of the Nanai people, an indigenous group in Russia, Yuyan crafts these seaworthy vessels using centuries ...

My neighbor Sergio Bana ventured into our dank shared basement in a bathrobe and flannel pajamas. “That’s looking great,” he said, nodding toward the skeletal beginnings of my skin-on-frame kayak. “I ...

THE 25-FOOT CEDAR canoe Jared Fennell is building as a senior project for the 2010 Paddle Journey was not the only Aleutian-style craft at the Northwest Maritime Center last weekend. Tucked up in the ...

Join the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum and Delmarva Paddlers Retreat this fall for a hands-on intensive where you can build your own skin-on-frame kayak. Visit bit.ly/CBMMKayakBuild for more info.