How I made my Strip Built Sea Kayak - Project Overview

This is an overview video of my Night Heron sea kayak building project which I did over the summer 2018.
The form of the kayak is Night Heron designed by Nick Schade: www.guillemot-kayaks.com/guil...

[@alankeltie5440]

Stunningly beautiful. A true craftsman. Congratulations on you fantastic achievement.

[@kelvinnance8371]

What a beautiful work of craftsmanship! As a prior owner of cedar strip craft (a late 1940s cedar strip lake boat) in the Lake Region of norther Minnesota, USA, North America, I not only love the craft themselves, but the relationship with the structure and spirit of the craft, and that of the water, the lakes, streams, and later the tidewater region of the eastern USA. The making of wood objects/entities is like deep meditation, or at least a highly Mindful state. And, it seems I also saw this in your video. So many thanks for sharing your experience and knowledge, and may you have many years of enjoyment with your craft!

[@hwobstj]

You know, it doesn’t get any better than that. What a beautiful accomplishment and you get to enjoy such beauty and peace padding your hand built gem.

[@dkcorderoyximenez3382]

Exquisite...no question this young man has an extraordinary eye for detail... This is Mastercraft...

[@perimetroprimitivo5734]

El.dato al final donde contás tu tiempo invertido es crucial, que buenísimo añadir el dato. El kayak está genial.

[@NickSchade]

Allar, Beautiful video and beautiful kayak. You did a really great job with the finish. Thanks for posting.

[@vagus1299]

This is a work of art.

[@Sova_Poliyrnaiy...]

Байдарка, да ещё с грузовым отсеком это супер! Браво!

[@grahamleigh8398]

All I can say is BEAUTIFUL.

[@kdstoffel7574]

Gorgeous! That’s not just a kayak, it’s an heirloom.

[@fast4wood]

Hey great job. I built the exact same boat about 10 years ago. Really a nice designed boat . My hats off to you and Nick Schade.

[@Shagyaaraber]

What a nice Kajak !😎 My congratulation. I have also build a Night Heron Strip Kajak and its a fun to paddle it. Kind regards

[@Shagyaaraber]

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[@dwlsml4118]

This is a magnificent build! Well worth your time invested. What a trophy in the end.

[@hootsmagoon]

Beautiful boat. Well done. I hope you enjoy it for many years.

[@keithnp51]

Beautiful workmanship and a huge commitment of time! Inspiring!

[@kamiliwankiewicz1800]

WOW!!! Great JOB!!! Beautiful kayak!!!

[@phillip-nielalbertyn2188]

Fine craftsmanship!!

[@gaetanrichardson8541]

Great job beautiful !!!

[@lucnold]

Well done Allar! Absolutely brilliant.

[@diaush421]

Echt toll. Gute Arbeit!

[@madpainter7114]

Beautiful work! You have inspired me.

[@loydevan1311]

Beautiful build. Awesome video. Thanks for the share.

[@swardcr]

Absolutely a work of art

[@ZjQ6878]

Very beautiful work!

[@mangoman62]

Beautiful!

[@grooney51]

Absolutely brilliant

[@peterralph6112]

Great job, also for recording the build for us to see how you did it and gain inspiration:) Thank you.

[@mpccenturion]

Thank YOU! Just EFFIN Gorgeous. Cheers to you!

[@clickireland1113]

Huge amount of hours. glad happy for you and really appreciate the work Thanks

[@alfredoberducpaez4361]

gran trabajo!!! gracias por compartir tu arte!

[@MR-dv6ms]

stunning

[@williamlott7612]

Gorgeous. Darlington, South Carolina USA

[@valerioisca]

bellissimo. complimenti!!!

[@irineuoliveira4689]

EXTRAORDINÁRIO!!!! Pura arte.

[@josverbaken7218]

Magnificent, having built a strip built kayak myself I really appreciate the quality of your work.

[@emiliae6460]

Hyvä Allar, olet todella taitava! Terkut Empun äitiltä 😊

[@SN2011fe]

Oho Emilia! :D Olen vuosien mittaan silloin tällöin yrittänyt etsiä teitä netistä, näköjään löysit ensin! 😋Jos kiinnostaa pikaiset kuulumiset niin voi ottaa yhteyytä: etunimi.sukunimi at gmail.com

[@bbcit6899]

Beautiful

[@gordonyork6638]

Looks like fun. I'd like to try that for a 16 ft catamaran.

[@toothlessbluesboynorman1617]

I have made stained glass and been kayaking sunsets for 25 years...that is one of the nicest kayaks I have ever seen, bravo!!!

[@user-db1vy9ds2e]

WOW!!!great job！なんてsexyなkayakなんでしょう！ 自分も作ってみたいけどスペースが無いからなぁ。 羨ましいデス！

[@jeriksson7686]

NICE!

[@PaddlingIowa]

Awesome!

[@robbynprange595]

Great video. Love your saw horses. I'll be making for my Petrel Play!

[@SN2011fe]

Great, good luck and have fun building! 😊

[@lurifaxish]

Fabulous kayak! My build was roughly half those hours and diffeeencebis obvious. But there’s one mistake… never count the cost of such a build! 😅

[@robhunt7988]

Beautiful. 550 hours! I knew there was a good reason I haven't attempted this yet. how did the top connect to the bottom? I thought you might make your own paddle too!

[@SN2011fe]

I recommend not to be afraid of it and just start! ;) This is my first boat I have built in my life. When I put the lower and upper part top of each other there was like 30mm mismatch. I was a bit worried but eventually it was possible to just tape it together and get perfect match before the first strip of fibre and epoxy was applied to the inner seam.

[@sepehrdanny419]

@@SN2011fe Amazing job. How did you reach the far points (from inside) to ensure solid fiver and epoxy bond?

[@yru435]

Strip built boats are the most beautiful kayaks.

[@johannesstadler4663]

Hi, you did a nice work here! What kind of foam is it what you are using in min 11:45 for the lid? Thank you

[@thedude4632]

Nice

[@tullochgorum6323]

Great project! Can I ask how you've found the flush hatch arrangement - are they watertight when rolling etc? The plan I'm thinking of building uses rather ugly commercial hatches that spoil the lines - the Heron design is much more attractive!

[@SN2011fe]

Hi! I didn't manage to get the hatches completely watertight like this. I think if I would build a sea kayak for serious waves and rolls I would build in those commercial rubber hatches. They don't look great but they are working for sure.

[@tullochgorum6323]

@@SN2011fe Many thanks for the feedback! The build is for serious use so unless I can find a reliable wooden design I guess I should follow the plan and use the commercial option. Leaky hatches on an expedition would be no fun at all...

[@FiveBaits]

Why this video has so few views and 5 dislikes? Seriously, I don't understand why you shouldn't like it

[@matthewmoilanen787]

Nice job man. But doesn't that suck to get in it without scratching it all up!

[@eltabulatore3125]

Hi Alar, beautiful build! I'm currently building the Petrel design and I'm looking for a seat. Your's does look very nice. Could you share where you got it from? Greetings from Germany!

[@SN2011fe]

Hi! I also built this kayak in Germany. I got everything from Bergerboote. I checked the seats they have currently there but seems like the exact one I used is not there. Maybe you can ask them: www.bergerboote.de/shop/Sitze-&-R%C3%BCckenb%C3%A4nder-c2222002

[@eltabulatore3125]

@@SN2011fe Thank you for your reply, I'll get in touch with them. Btw your video was one of the reasons why I decided to build my kayak, so I'll send you pictures of the finished kayak! :)

[@SN2011fe]

@@eltabulatore3125 I'm very glad to hear that! :) Yes, please show your finished boat, will look awesome I'm sure!

[@eltabulatore3125]

​@@SN2011fe ​ @Allar Saviauk Sorry for the late reply, but things got in the way and I just now finished my kayak! I tried to send you a link of my onedrive folder where I uploaded some pictures, but it seems KZbin doesn't show comments that contain links. So here's a youtube video containing the pictures :) kzbin.info/www/bejne/rpWaeaF_erSkfqc&ab_channel=ElTabulatore Thanks again for the inspiration!

[@SN2011fe]

@@eltabulatore3125 Wow, very nice boat! Congratulations! :) You took the extra effort to lower the cockpit area as well. If my video helped you to get inspiration then the video was already worth it! 🙂Wish you great paddles!

[@AnimeHairSyndrome]

man it must have been torture taking a jigsaw to the already beautifully glassed deck to cut the storage hatches

[@BlockchainToTheFace]

It’s beautiful but I bet you wish it was about 3 inches wider on the bottom. It looks like it will flip very easily

[@noryxo101]

I'm still trying to understand how you merged both top and bottom seamlessly

[@adrianhlina401]

Pretty build indeed but what really striked me is the materials cost. 3400€?? Where?

[@SN2011fe]

Hi Adrian, I bought a kit for 1700e where the strip wood, glass fibre and epoxy was included. However, I needed to buy more epoxy in the end. Small things like sanding paper, brushes, tape, foam, extra hard wood for the stems and coaming etc. just add up. In fact I had to buy most of the tools as well so in the end the project was 5400e for me.

[@beaconflix6390]

Anything for sale?

[@user-vm2cj5xh5p]

Какой вес в итоге вышел?

[@SP-tm7sd]

How come the kayak was one piece all around up until 4:08 and two halves when it goes to fiberglass??

[@tueighty]

because it wasn't in one piece - he built both halves at the same time on the mold, but the center line wasn't glued while putting the strips on and gluing them. He then separated the two halves off mold for fiber glassing individually. Once both halves were glassed, he joined them by taping the two halves together, and glassing the inside to hold the seam together - and then glassed the seam on the outside to finish the seam.

[@davidr.massey419]

I see from your other video's that you have a sharp mind to go with your true excellence in craftsmanship. Very nice(unexpectedly high quality) build. Click on my green icon you might appreciate my 23rd build(outrageous materials& cool build). Fighting failing hips, but still hope to finish. Again masterful work Allar Saviauk.

[@romeliapolly2519]

There is something for everyone on Stodoys website.

[@stanhill3980]

Why is it you need to play that annoying so called music

[@LeonardOutdoorsNM]

Beautiful!