Comments on: Free Kayak Plans From Glen Smith

By: Bryan Hansel

Bryan Hansel — Sun, 26 Dec 2010 13:55:02 +0000

Hi, Stav,

Hopefully, Glen still monitors this thread, because I’m not sure. There are over 20 free kayak and canoe plans on this website. Maybe one of those will interest you?

Thanks,
Bryan

By: Stav

Stav — Sun, 26 Dec 2010 10:01:57 +0000

Hi,

I downloaded the 17ft 165lbs a few years ago in the hopes of one day building it as the design appeals to me.

I see that the Glen Smith has asked that the plans be removed without any further explanation and am wondering if there is any problem that I should look out for before I commence the build.

Kind regards and happy holidays
Stav

By: Bryan Hansel

Bryan Hansel — Thu, 23 Sep 2010 21:22:36 +0000

On September 23, Glen Smith ask for his plans to be removed. They are no longer available here.

By: Keyth

Keyth — Wed, 22 Sep 2010 16:52:59 +0000

Thank you for making the plans available. Has anyone built either the petite W or the 17-165? Do you have any pictures of them? I’d really like to see how they turned out.

Thanks again.

By: Glen

Glen — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 23:47:04 +0000

Both designs would be suitable as long as you don’t exceed the displacement. The Edger II has more initial stability.

By: Shubham

Shubham — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 22:41:34 +0000

or the edger II for that matter

By: Shubham

Shubham — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 22:40:05 +0000

What are your thoughts on using the second kayak, the 17 ft 165 lb kayak as a warm, salt water kayak. Im from florida and would love to build a kayak that can works in the sea as well.

By: Bryan Hansel

Bryan Hansel — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 13:02:52 +0000

Fixed.

By: Hans

Hans — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 11:23:39 +0000

Hi Can’t download the petite-w. Seems like something’s wrong with that file.

By: Glen

Glen — Tue, 25 May 2010 22:44:45 +0000

In Ted Moores’ book “Kayakcraft” there are ofsets for the Reliance.