Orca Canoes & Kayaks Ltd.
1392 El Camino Drive V3E 2W6 Coquitlam, BC, Canada

While I work on a canvas canoe, I plan to begin building a Ken Douglas row boat from the lines and plans that I developed from my existing boat. Since there is no record of his boats, I hope to create a set of plans to record the history of this boat. Even though I have the lofting numbers, this first boat will be sort of a prototype to see what needs to be adjusted in the plans before making a full copy and possibly making the plans available to the public. And the whole process will be documented in a new video series on my YouTube channel. Stay tuned.

I have begun working with a group of students on a job training program in which they will learn some woodworking skills, minor carpentry and then move on to building a few racing canoes. Stay tuned as I take some photos of the process over the coming months.

With the Skana kayak shipped out, I took a bit of time to add an extension to my table saw. Video on my Youtube channel. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARgWI3dNjow&t=1s

A photo of a boat I launched made it into Wooden Boat magazine

Final episode on building Skana is now on my YouTube channel. It is now crated and ready to ship to its new owner.

Getting so close to shipping out the Skana kayak that I have been featuring in recent YouTube videos. Just need to complete the varnishing and crate it up for its journey to Nova Scotia.

Dave and his son Finn Pitman of Alberta, B.C. completed their cedar strip canoe from a kit we supplied. Congrats on the nice work.