How to Do a Routine Maintenance of Your Kayak
Safe and reliable kayaking depend on maintaining your gear in good order. In particular, your kayak...
How to Move a Bulkhead
If you own a commercially made sea kayak, the odds are that the forward bulkhead is far enough forward to seat a NBA basketball player...
Kayak Towing and safety rigging
When deck mounting a towing rig of any type, it may be desirable to reinforce the deck in the area where a deck fitting is attached. Use...
Knee Tubes and Shelves
Knee tubes and shelves are useful additions to a sea kayak. They allow you to store...
What is a deckline in a kayak?
Deck lines are lengths of cord, rope, or bungee, used to attach gear to the deck of a kayak, or as an aid for a swimmer to hold onto a...
Making a mold for a kayak seat
Making a mold for a kayak seat is as simple as adding water and sitting down. For a mold material you can use the expanding foams, but they...
Varnishing a kayak
Most any Spar Varnish will work, Z-spar Captains seems to be the most widely used brand, it costs...
Epoxy – Kayak Building Material
Epoxy is a wonderful modern material used as glue and as a building material in kayaks. It is essentially liquid plastic resin. This...
Sculling High Brace in Kayaking
While other strokes involve a catch and release point, sculling lets you get steady support from your paddle. The paddle dexterity that...
Low Brace in Kayaking
No matter how good your balance is, sometimes you will lose it. A brace is a stroke used to recover...