How to make a Folding Kayak

Gershwin Woodcraft show you how to turn a single sheet of 4x8 plywood into Kayak that folds away for easy storage

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• Kayak
• How To
• Gershwin Woodcraft
• big bear lake
• folding
• boating

[Gershwinwoodcraft]

How much to make??? Less then $100.

[Gershwinwoodcraft]

YES! In Big Bear lake they actually charge me $45 per Kayak per year. Total sucks to have to layout $180 to take all 4 out the first time.

[Gershwinwoodcraft]

I used 10 oz duck-cloth from my local fabric store. I think canvas drop clothes would be too thick. With the 4 I have made and used  for three year now) the canvas has never failed. Good luck,.

[Gershwinwoodcraft]

3-5 day?!? Well as long as there is NO white water with should be fine BUT it is very small. Not a lot of room for supplies. I would definitely recommend finding 10 foot plywood like the original plans call for. If you do it please let me know how it went.

[Gershwinwoodcraft]

Very stable of a lake.  I would probably not take them out of the ocean. Th

[gleek4ever2]

5:57...LOL

[bowhunter587]

At 5:57 thats what she said!

[Chuk231]

Also i Noticed tags on your kayaks, Do you have to register them like you would a boat????

[Chuk231]

What can you expect to spend on one in parts?

[spizlematic]

Great vid! I've been thinking about making a 12 ft version of this for a while (I'm a big guy). What did you use for the canvas? Do you think a heavy canvas drops cloth would work?

[just117461]

Yeah, supplies will be bare essentials type stuff, may go ahead and do the 10', although I saw on the plans I downloaded 14' have been successfull. Well when it warms up Ill let you know how it went. Thanks for the video.