Directions to Wolfgang's boat shop in Alameda

Paddles
Custom Greenland and Aleut style kayak paddles and single blade Bering Sea paddles.

Boat Building Classes
Learn how to build a skin on frame kayak, canoe or curragh.

Sponsor a Boat Building Class
Don't want to travel to Alameda to build a boat? Sponsor a class in your town and we will come to you.

Boat Restoration and Repair
Have your old kayak or canoe restored.

Boat Completion
Has your or your partner's uncompleted boat project sat in the garage for more than a year? Give us a call and we'll help you finish it.

Directions

Encinal boat ramp is a handy place to try out boats and paddles and to do paddling and rolling clinics because it has a wall in the water. Regardless of which way the wind is blowing, you will be able to find smooth water on one side of the wall or the other. Plus in the summer, the water is warm here.

The only downside to Encinal boat ramp is that it is hard to find. That's why we have the map.

Boat Building News
News from the shop and around the boat building world.

NEW - now at blogspot.com
Boat Building Blog
Random thoughs on the topic of boat building.

Blog Archive
Archive of blogs that pre-date the switch to blogspot.com.

Boatbuilding Tales
Profiles of skin on frame boat types and paddles to come out of our shop.

• A King Island replica A short baidarka
• A canoe
• A playboat
• A Greenland trio
• A bent shaft paddle
• Building baidarkas in the Aleutians
• Overhauling a baidarka
• Boat weights

Boat Building Info
Skin on Frame Boatbuilding illustrated. Greenland kayaks, baidarkas, boatbuilding in Akutan, boatbuilding in Cold Bay, Rib technology, Frame joinery illustrated.

Baidarka Lore
Baidarka building in the Aleutians, Ivan Veniaminov, kayaking missionary.

How-to tips on paddling
Rolling videos, cold water survival and more.

Wood Lore
Info and lore of the use of wood in boat building.

Bibliography
A list of books about canoes and kayaks.

Glossary
A list of small boat terms.

About
Wolfgang Brinck's boat building bio.

The Mission
A brief statement of what we're all about.