Matunuck Surf Kayak Plans - PDF

There is a nice surf break near me in Matunuck, Rhode Island where late winter swells provide good waves. This inspired the development of a wooden surf kayak to experience the wave energy.

The Matunuck surf kayak is designed with a hard rail, round tail, rockered nose, flat midsection, and slightly kicked tail. The plywood bottom is relatively flat with a slight channel at the bow, resulting in a fast and responsive kayak that can carve waves well. The dramatic duck-tail stern holds waves nicely and is visually striking. While the prototype had a tri-fin setup, standard finboxes can be installed to suit local conditions.

Although it resembles a whitewater playboat, this design is intended for ocean surfing.

Included in the PDF Plans:

• 1 Builder's Drawing: A D-Size (24" x 36") 3-view drawing with basic dimensions
• 5 Pages Full-Size Panel Patterns including: An overall drawing, and patterns for all the panels. Includes 3 D-size drawings and 2 Long (24" x 105") drawings
• Building Matunuck Outline: 17 page step-by-step build procedure
• Building Matunuck Pictures: 46 pages of full color photographs of the build procedure.
• This file requires a large format printer to make hardcopies. You may also try tiling the printing on a smaller printer. If you don't want to do that Full Size Printed Plans are available Here. Do Not Purchase These Plans Without a Plan for Obtaining your FULL SIZE versions.