Design

Can-Yak

A double-ended plywood cross between a canoe and a kayak from Glen-L Marine, drawn in 12 and 14 ft lengths, for one or two people with single or double paddles. Three sheets of plywood cover planking, deck and floorboards, and it is light enough to car-top.

A simple, inexpensive build in the conventional plywood method. Allow 60 to 120 hours. Real hours and months from logged builds appear below.

What building a Can-Yak actually takes

Medians from the build logs kept on this site, not the designer’s estimate. Nobody has logged this boat here yet, so they are empty until the first builder does.

Build logs

Launched

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Median hours

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Median months

Those medians firm up as more people log this boat.

Builds of this boat

Nobody has logged a Can-Yak here yet.

If you are building one, yours becomes the reference: the page the next person building this boat finds when they search for it. One photo and one line is a valid first entry.

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