1. Start with two pieces of gun whale skin which are  symmetrically cut.
2. Both ends of the pieces are cut similarly so they meet exactly when joined up.
3. The extremities of the pieces are attached and the shape of the boat is set by placing wooden planks in between the pieces.
4. Deck supports made of wood are made and placed. Some of them have special functions and need to be designed accordingly: foot brace, back-support and two should be curved to facilitate entry.
5. These supports are attached to the gun whale pieces.
6. Holes are made in the gun whale pieces for insertion of ribs.
7. Ribs are made from planks. These should be of the same length as the breadth of the pieces.
8. They are bent and inserted into the assembled pieces and attached.
9. Attach keel piece to the ribs.
10. This structure can be covered with skin of any material.
11. A cockpit cover can be made and sewed to the skin.
12. Paint the skin in order to keep water out once the kayak hits the lake, sea, or ocean.
13. Complete a trial in an actual body of water to insure your kayak is indeed water proof.

The time-taken to build such a boat is around 100 hours. It weighs less than 40 lbs and total cost is $200

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1. Several pieces of 4X8? plywood boards are added up to form one large sheet.
2. The parts of the kayak are drawn on this sheet in actual dimensions.
3. The parts are cut out from the sheet.
4. Along the edge of each part, numerous 3-5? holes are punched.
5. The hull is assembled by passing wire in the holes.
6. The inner line of stitching is glued up with a resin and further sealed with a glass tape.
7. The same procedure is repeated for the deck.
8. The deck and the hull are assembled and glued in the same way as indicated above.
9. Wires are removed by dragging them out and/or sanding them.
10. Fiber-glass is applied on the outside.
11. General smoothening is carried out. The exterior can be painted.
12. A trial can be carried out in water.

This method would take 1-1 ? months to complete, if one works only on evenings and weekends. Time-taken could be considerably less if one works full time. The total weight of the end-product is around 40 lbs. Total cost of construction would be around $200.

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1. A life-size outline of the kayak is made and pasted onto low-cost plywood.
2. The plywood is cut out according to the outline using saws.
3. A hole is cut in each of the structures thus formed.
4. The structures are aligned on a two by four basis.
5. ?? X ?? plywood bands are laid on the structures and nailed up. Glue is added to seal the bands and the structure, thus forming a shell.
6. When the structures are completely covered with bands, the nails are removed.
7. The surfaces are smoothened by sanding.
8. Fiber-glass is added to the exterior.
9. The shell is separated from the structure in two halves: the deck and the hull.
10. The insides of the shell are also smoothened.
11. Fiber-glass is added to the insides as well.
12. Both halves of the shell are put back together and pasted up.
13. General smoothening is carried out.
14. The end-product is varnished and smoothened repetitively until the desired outlook is obtained.
15. A trial may be carried out in the water.

Typical time-needed for completing a kayak by using this method is about three months. The total cost of the kayak comes to around $300. The weight of the end-product comes to around 45 lbs.

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There are two known techniques for making homemade kayaks: the Strip-built method and the Stitch and Glue method. Conventional skin-covered kayaks can also be made at home. One method is described here. Other methods can be inserted at a later stage.

Both techniques are quite different from each other. With the Strip Built method, narrow wooden bands are bent around an outline structure. In the Stitch and Glue method, the structure is absent. Instead, plywood boards are sewed up and bonded together with an adhesive. The resultant quality of the boats is not affected by the method utilized. Both methods produce good boats. The difference is purely aesthetic. Strip-built boats are more curvy and smooth without the hard edges of Stitched and Glued boats. Some people have a preference for the angular shapes that are produced by the Stitched and Glued boats.

In terms of ease of assembly, the Stitched and Glued boats are faster and easier to make than Strip-built ones. A simplified methodology for building kayaks from each method is described below:

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