Nick Schade

Boat building and Sea Kayaking clips by Nick Schade of Guillemot Kayaks - http://www.guillemot-kayaks.com/

I started building boats around 1980 starting with a crappy little raft for a race on the Connecticut River. It fell apart before completing the race. Since then I continue to try to figure out how to makes better boats. I never build boats exactly the same way so don't take anything you see here as the only way to do it.

I started kayaking in about 1972 after my father built a kit he found in the back of some magazine. My brother was older so he always claimed dibs on the kayak. Time in kayaks now compensates for any resentment I had for him using the kayak when I wanted to.