Canoe/Kayak Documentaries

[Placid Paddler]

I'm stuck renting a room in a house for the winter, and the only place I can work on boats is two hours away. I'm moving into a new house at the end of January with a nice detached garage for a workshop, but until then I'm just planning for next season's boats and killing time watching documentaries. I wanted to post a couple if anyone is interested. I'm a single blader so I mostly watch canoe themes. I'd like to build a SOF kayak down the line, but right now it would just be a frame to hang on the wall for decoration. Does anyone know of any good kayaking documentaries, especially traditional crafts history and construction? I know most of you are kayakers, so maybe you can help convince me there's more to kayaks than cramped legs and dripping water.

 

Bill Mason documentary from the 70's. He's a great canoest and nature lover. Waterwalker chronicles his journeys through remote rivers and lakes in Canada, as well as some of his art and philosophy.

 

http://www.nfb.ca/film/waterwalker

 

More Bill Mason. These are mostly instructional if anyone here wants to learn how to control a canoe (and share a canoe without the fear of divorce).

 

http://www.nfb.ca/explore-all-directors/bill-mason/

 

A great film documenting the construction of a birch bark canoe.

 

 

Same guy as the previous video, taking the canoe on a wilderness trip.

 

 

 

[DURRETTD]

Have a look at   http://www.paddling.net/index.html?refer=DOTCOM

 

I was also a single-blader until I injured a tendon in my elbow doing a j-stroke (improperly). It turns out a double-blade works great in a canoe. From there it was a short hop to add kayaks. Now I decide to go paddle, step outside and spend a couple of minutes wondering whether it's a kayak day or a canoe day. SOF's complicate that decision because they allow you to have a large inventory of boats to choose from.

[Placid Paddler]

Found another documentary of a traditional skin on frame kayak and another bark canoe. These kayak builders have some strong teeth. You'll see what I mean when they bend frames.

 

http://www.nfb.ca/film/building_kayak_pt_1

 

http://www.nfb.ca/film/building_kayak_pt_2

 

http://www.nfb.ca/film/cesars_bark_canoe

[JReed]

Cool. Some neat videos

[Hirilonde]

From now on everyone here has to do their scarfs like in the first video above, no cheating.