Paddling Craft

Paddling Craft
(aka Touring Kayaks)

Aurelia

Our paddling craft represent a real alternative to what is currently available from other builders. A brief review of retail outlets and paddling magazines will reveal a choice between narrow sea kayaks and top-heavy canoes. With our time-tested designs, we offer boats which are inherently seaworthy, will carry a large amount of gear, and yet are easily driven under double paddle. Whether they are called touring kayaks or the more traditional double-paddle canoe, our boats will better fulfill your real-world paddling requirements than either the sea kayak or the regular canoe.

In making this statement, it is only fair that we explain the reasons why our boats will better suit the needs of the recreational paddler. To do this, we must examine the two boat types currently most popular with paddlers, starting with the sea kayak. Please go to Kayak Design Theory page for more detailed explanation.

***18' and 15' touring kayaks - fabric hulls***