Duct Tape Kayak Project
Duct Tape Kayak Featured on Canoe & Kayak Magazine Website
The KayakDave.com Duct Tape Kayak was featured in an article on the Canoe & Kayak Magazine website! Check out the link to read this great article about how we became inspired to build the duct tape kayak and Stand Up 2 Cancer! We hope to see you at our upcoming events and thanks for your … Continue reading
Duct Tape Kayak Fundraiser Day A Great Success!
This past Sunday, the Duct Tape Kayak was on display at the Billington Sea Kayak shop. Dozens of local paddlers stopped by throughout the day to sign the kayak and show their support for Stand Up 2 Cancer. The day brought in over $300.00 in donations which brought us up to $650.00 total and well … Continue reading
Duct Tape Kayak Featured on WickedLocalPlymouth.com
The KayakDave.com Duct Tape Kayak was featured on WickedLocalPlymouth.com and in the mid-week edition of the Old Colony Memorial Newspaper! Check out the link to read the article and view a video of Alex and Dave talking about the duct tape kayak project. We hope to see you at our upcoming events! Click here to … Continue reading
Duct Tape Kayak: Upcoming Events Summer 2012!
Duct Tape Kayak Fundraiser Day @ Billington Sea Kayak When: Sunday August 12th, 2012 from 11:00am until 4:00pm Where: Billington Sea Kayak, 41 Branch Point Road, Plymouth MA Directions: Follow these directions on the BSK website. GPS and mapquest will get you lost! Come check out the duct tape kayak and help us Stand Up … Continue reading
Duct Tape Kayak Float Test Results
The KayakDave.com Duct Tape Kayak team is proud to announce that: IT FLOATS!!! Alex christened the duct tape kayak by taking it on a quick spin around the Billington Sea Kayak docks. He found that the craft was stable, tracked fairly well, and was surprisingly maneuverable for a 19ft-long kayak even in the late afternoon … Continue reading
Duct Tape Kayak – Build Day 7
During today’s build we broke out the PINK duct tape and began laying down the deck. Alex took on the role of “tape master” and did a fabulous job. We started at the bow and stern where the float bags helped to provide the desired curve in the deck. Once past the float bags we … Continue reading
Duct Tape Kayak – Build Day 6
It’s Duct Tape Time!!! With our PVC frame about 95% complete (everything aside from a few extra struts) it was finally time to begin work on the duct tape skin. This stage turned out to be a lot of fun and we were able to quickly see the kayak come together before our eyes! Taping … Continue reading
Duct Tape Kayak – Build Day 5
Today we powered through an epic build session that extended late into the night. Work continued on gluing the frame together and figuring out any kinks that came up along the way. This included re-working the lines of the bow and stern section, adjusting a few of the stations along the keel, and working around … Continue reading
Duct Tape Kayak – Build Day 4
The 90+ degree heat and high humidity made for a late start to our most recent build session. Alex, Brett and I met at the barn at 7:00 as the heat began to fade. Our mission: to break out the PVC glue and take the flex out of our floppy frame! As you can imagine, … Continue reading
Kayak Dave’s Teams with Stand Up 2 Cancer
KayakDave.com is excited to announce that we have teamed up with Stand Up to Cancer! All of the fundraising proceeds gathered as a part of the KayakDave.com Duct Tape Kayak Project will be donated to SU2C. Donations will be accepted on behalf of our team at: KayakDave.com Duct Tape Kayak SU2C is a grassroots fundraising organization … Continue reading