Learn to build your own kayak with this simple, elegant skin-on-frame design. A great project for home woodworkers and paddle enthusiasts alike. Surprisingly, recreational boating has only been ...

2. Skin-on-Frame Canoe Popular among Inuit communities, the skin-on-frame canoe is made by attaching an animal skin or synthetic fabric cover to a lightweight wooden frame. Create your frame using ...

Skin-on-frame boats are made of living things, but in a sense, they also feel like they are alive. Tell us about one more sublime moment you had in your F1, please.

The kayak uses carbon fiber ribs in the frame, helping to cut weight down to 42 lb (19 kg). That frame, which also has aluminum beams, slides inside a tough, military-grade polyurethane skin, and ...

When a high-volume, 17-foot, nine-inch tandem canoe weighed in at a feathery 39 pounds, Babulic was duly impressed. Durability-wise, he says the skin flexes to withstand impacts and is easy to ...

Ulverston adventurers attempt first-ever open canoe circumnavigation of Ireland’s coast, raising funds for Kepplewray Trust ...

Two British kayakers are paddling around Ireland in a handmade skin-on-frame canoe to raise funds for two charities. Rich Ensoll (56) and Johan Hoving (47) are currently off the Sligo coast, having ...