Autumn/Winter 2025 Kayak and Canoe-building class dates are to be announced soon!
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Email me to be notified of 2025 dates first. Thanks, Ant.
I still have Ballistic Nylon for sale if you need it for your own builds.
SKIN-ON-FRAME & WOODEN BOATBUILDING
Commission a beautiful, bespoke, skin-on-frame boat.
Or learn to build your own on my kayak & canoe-building courses.
Build your own Kayak or Canoe
Commission your perfect boat
Traditional wooden boatbuilding & restoration
"Amazing experience building my own custom kayak with Shipshape Boatbuilding & Woodwork, at the beautiful Underfall Yard in Bristol Docks. Ant is an expert teacher who patiently led us through each step: woodworking, steam-bending, lashing, stitching the skin on the frame and sealing with our own custom colours.
I can't recommend this experience enough and now I have a high performance kayak of my own"
BECCY H. F1 KAYAK COURSE 2018
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