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This article is from the Sea Kayaking FAQ, by Todd Leigh with numerous contributions by others.

21 Where can I get a Frame and Skin kit to build a kayak?

Boucher Kayak Company

1907 Ludington Avenue
Wauwatosa, WI 53226
Phone: (414)476-3787

- plans, kits, video. Greenland style

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Dyson, Baidarka & Company

435 W. Holly St.
Bellingham, WA 98225
Phone: (206)734-9226
FAX: (206)671-9736

- Aleut style plans, materials including heatshrinkable nylon
- (14, 15, and 26 ounces/sq yard, uncoated, approx 6ft width)

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Baidarka Historical Society

Box 5454
Bellingham WA 98227

- Distributes those 5 or 6 of David Zimmerly's plans that document Aleut
boats.
- Distributes some rather obscure books.

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R. Bruce Lemon

P.O. Box 54A
Jacksonville, NY 14854
Phone: (607)387-8000

- Aleut style, plans, kits, video

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Stimson Marine, Inc.

RR1, Box 524, River Rd.
Boothbay, Maine 04537
Phone: (207)633-7252
FAX: (207)633-6058

- Heat shrink daycron skin

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Hand Crafted Kayaks

P.O. Box 580
Eastsound, WA 98245
Phone: (206)376-3677

- Traditional Eskimo wood kayaks

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Kayak Way

P.O. Box 451
Eastsound, WA 98245
Phone: (206)376-4754
Internet: http://www.pacificrim.net/~kyak/front.html

- Design, prototyping, building

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The Indian River Canoe and Kayak Company, Inc.

1861 So. Patrick Drive
Suite 200
Indian Harbor Beach, FL 32937
Phone: (800)237-8400

- Inuit based

 

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