by Chris Jacobson
Above: A pair of Chesapeake 16 kayaks built by Chris Jacobson.
Cover Photo: Paddling the south shore of Ontario’s Lake of Two Rivers and into Pog Lake.
It all began when we went camping in Algonquin Park in 2005. We rented a couple of plastic kayaks and the kids loved it. We came home with the intention of buying a couple of kayaks but while on the internet we saw these stitch and glue make’m yourself boats. I purchased the books “The New Kayak Shop” and “Kayaks You Can Build. ”