Hello Everyone,
 
My Name is Michael Sargent, a mad keen DIY enthusiast.
I have tried my hand at a few endeavors house renovations, Kart Racing, Custom Motorbikes, Stitch and Glue dinghy building, but now believe I am truly hooked on Kayak building.
 
I am lucky to have better than average drafting skills and some exposure to Marine building.  [...]

I heard from Mike Sargent, (from Oz) he has completed a very nice sailing dingy and is starting on a kayak. He can also motor the dingy with a small outboard he found on EBay. Here’s a picture of the boat and you can click on it for a gallery of how he [...]

Well, the trip to Iowa is about over.  We are in St Louis right now and will be flying out in the morning at 9:30.  It will sure be good to get back home and mow the lawn…  yeah right..  Looking forward to kayaking with Kurt again and getting the boat wet.
I saw quite a [...]

John has posted a few nice pages with some great information. I especially love the way he’s got seven kayaks packed into a two stall garage and still has room to spare for his cars.
I may try to make a set of the J racks before my next trip to Gavleston.
Taking Lines From a [...]

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Yeah, I know it’s about time I did it. Anyway, here’s what I have done so far:
1.) bungee on the front end with a bead to hold the paddle.
2.) 4 bungees just ahead of the cockpit to hold lord knows what
3.) hip and knee pads in the cockpit
Still to go is bungees behind the [...]

I finally got a chance to get together with Tony his wooden Sea Ranger, and what a day it was! Besides just a particularly pleasant day of paddling, I got to play with the hot new boat, and then see one of the most amazing and gratifying things I’ve ever witnessed.
We unloaded [...]

Hi all, I went out with Kurt today and got a bit of expert instruction on rolling. We paddled all over the canals at Jamaica Beach on Galveston Island TX. Weather was a bit hot but we had some water and could cool down a bit by dipping ourselves. After a [...]

Building the Greenland Kayak
I refered to this book a lot while building my Yost style non-folders and found it so well written and informative that I just have to give it a plug here.
Even if you aren’t building a traditional style Greenland kayak there are a lot of good general building tips, design criteria and [...]

Here’s another picture of the boat, sitting alone in the water. Anton took the shot and I cropped the people out of it with The GIMP image editor. I think Kurt Maurer and I will be going out later this week and just may have to bring a photographer along for the occasion. [...]