The Collection

The first boat was a Redfish Return which I named "If n' When II" after a boat that my grandfather had. It was built primarily from knotty western red cedar with Port Orford cedar infill on the deck and mesquite for the outer stems. This boat was completed in February, 2002.

The second boat was a Morris influenced Greenland style Skin on Frame which was named "Knot Much" well after the fact. This project was started over the Thanksgiving weekend, 2002 and completed in February, 2003.

The third boat, "Knot Likely", and my hands-down favorite kayak is a Redfish King built primarily from western red cedar with new growth Port Orford cedar on the deck. This boat was started in April, 2003 and complete enough to take on a Green River trip in late September of that year.

Photos of the first three boats were taken in a little cove at the lower end of the Black Canyon on the Colorado River below Hoover Dam.

"Too Knotty" is based on the Birder 2 design from B&B Yachts and was built in the Spring and early Summer of 2004, and completed in time to take it to the northwest in July of that year.

After taking a couple years off while building toys for my grandson, I built "Knot Again" based on the Soul-Mate solo canoe design. This boat is primarily western red cedar, with paduk and Alaskan yellow cedar in the feature stripe, and mahogany for the outwales. Inwales, thwarts, and seat are AYC. This boat was started in January, 2007 and was completed in time to take it to British Columbia's Powell Forest Canoe Route in July, 2007.

Someday I'll get back to work on the little surf kayak "Tide n' Knots", but for now, that's all there is.