Design
Shearwater 14 Hybrid
Designed by Eric Schade
A 14 ft 6 in sea kayak from Chesapeake Light Craft's Shearwater family, the West Greenland-style hulls Eric Schade drew for CLC, here with a cedar-strip deck over the stitch-and-glue plywood hull. It is the smallest of the line, 23 in wide and about 39 lb, sized for paddlers of 100 to 150 lb with a 200 lb payload. The hull itself acts as the strongback for the deck, which is stripped over temporary molds. Kits and plans are sold.
CLC rates the hybrid intermediate, a step up from the all-plywood boat because of the strip work, and estimates 120 hours; its own Shearwater 16 Hybrid display model took about 100. Budget 110 to 160. Real hours from logged builds are below.
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| Shearwater Sport | Chesapeake Light Craft | 14′ 6″ (4.42 m) | 0 |
| Shearwater Sport Hybrid | Chesapeake Light Craft | 14′ 6″ (4.42 m) | 0 |
| Rob Roy | Glen-L Marine | 14′ 5″ (4.39 m) | 0 |
| 14' Motorkanu | Boatkits | 4.3 m (14′ 1″) | 0 |
| 15' Lapstrake Canoe | Duck Trap Woodworking | 15′ 0″ (4.57 m) | 0 |
| 14-Foot Great Auk | Chesapeake Light Craft | 14′ 0″ (4.27 m) | 0 |