CLC Sailrig

The CLC Sailrig is fast, pretty and has no bad habits at all. 25kts of wind and beam reaching, it never drove even for a second, and if sailed into a wave it popped up easily.

The Sailrig Mk2, with it's simple construction, is an easy kayak attachment. It is adaptable to almost every kayak and canoe in the Chesapeake range and it assembles and disassemble in 30 minutes.

While a CLC Sailrig equipped kayak is a proper sailing boat by any measure, the great thig is you get your kayak back when you want it!

Oxford Shell

The Oxford Shell is a swift, smooth running recreational shell suitable for all skill levels whether beginner or experienced. The narrow hard chine hull provides speed with good initial stability in a shape that's easy to build.

The sliding seat can be difficult and expensive to manufacture so Chesapeake have designed the shell to take an off the shelf ready made sliding rig. Just ask us!

Annapolis Wherry

The Annapolis Wherry design is derived from the graceful wooden livery boats used on the 19th century River Thames, though lower, lighter, faster and ever so graceful.

This beautiful creature, with it's solid stability, seakindly lines, excellent tracking, a bouyant bow and ample flare make the Wherry a natural choice for choppy conditions ...and there's room for plenty of sprawling and not to forget the picnic basket.

Sassafras 12

Today we often think of wooden canoes as being strip-built, but lapstrake (or clinker) has even a longer history. CLC's revolutionary Lapstitch construction method allows someone with no previous woodworking experience to build a lapstrake canoe. No strongback, moulds or even frames are required. Just glue the pre-cut kit together.

You can carry this strong but voluminous canoe on you shoulder, it'll carry 114kgs. Great for the kids or to carry off to that secluded stream.

Sassafras 16

Like many traditional canoes, the Sassafras 16 has a symetrical bow and stern allowing a solo paddler to sit facing "backwards" on the foreward seat for better trim. Her slightly rounded hull offers more speed and responsiveness than many plastic or glass boats.

The hull is slighty rockered to reduce the wetted area, making her effortless to paddle giving a smooth or well dampened feel that's charcteristic of good wooden canoes.

Eastport Pram

It's hard to pack much boat into 8' but this little beauty manages, with it's deep rocker, to have decent stabilty, pleasing proportions and good rowing performance.

The Pram's many joys are multiplied when you add the simple balanced lug sail rig. She has enough real upwind and downwind performance to keep even the seasoned sailor interested.

Whether used as a tender, rower or sailer this lapstich construction is so simple, the hull will go together in a weekend.

Skerry

Easy to build and easy to row and easy to sail - the Skerry is a truly versitile boat and a pretty one too.

This is the perfect exploration boat for sheltered waters, cruising from beach to beach and camping on shore, sailing or rowing.

The Skerry uses the easy to build lapstrake construction to achieve maximum strength with minimum weight.

Jimmy Skiff

Proper rowing and sailing skiffs are extraordinarly rare these days. With 90% or all flat bottom skiffs designed for outboard motors, we may be in danger of forgetting the pleasures of an afternoon in a handsome easliy driven rowing skiff that glides effortlessly with each stroke.

It's ample beam and stability give her perfect balance and impecable sailing manners in light or fresh breezes.

You can build her as a rowboat and add the sailing rig later.

Artic Hawk Kayak

The Artic Hawk is an 18' kayak based on the traditional "skin" kayaks used in West Greenland for over a 1,000 years.

This affordable high performance design is built from light weight Gaboon ply and will deliver all the seaworthyness, speed and maneuverability the native hunter relied on at sea.

Novices will appreciate learning to p[addle a craft which responds and tracks as well as the Artic Hawk.

Passagemaker Dinghy

The Passagemaker Dinghy is easy to build but looks great and performs beautifully. A smooth glide when rowing, spirited performance when sailing, and steady handling with an outboard mark this latest entry in our fleet of graceful build-it-yourself boat kits.

This is the perfect dinghy for folks with larger boats. Are you tired of moving heavy, traditional dinghies that weigh 200 pounds, or struggling with a limp, awkward inflatable that can't be rowed or sailed? CLC designer John C. Harris has drawn an elegant, Norwegian-styled pram that weighs only 90lbs, but can survive real abuse in the dinghy park.