Retro51

I built a wooden kayak, called the Lark, from Clark Craft plans. I wouldn't recommend this particular set of plans to a beginner. Here's some of the reasons:
1. Only one picture of the completed boat (which you need to look at as you build), and that was of the bottom
2. Some drawings were hand rendered sketches, not graphic drawings with measurements, etc.
3. No or very few full-size plans - you have to "loft" to get the patterns.
4. Some difficult parts - especially the stem, transom, and the rub rail. Especially difficult if you build it by yourself, which I did.
5. Some veru confusing directions.

I'm still glad I did it, and have a nice usable boat. Now that I have bought and used the plans, and saved my patterns, I wanted to build another, but probably will try another version. There's a free set of plans to a "plyak" for example, that looks pretty easy. Also Glen-L has plans, as do several others.

If anyone wants to see a pic of the completed boat in the water, and a few construction pics, or wants more info, email me on Yahoo, my username is:
ernielambert