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Directions to Encinal Boat Ramp
Directions to the Encinal Boat Ramp 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

The address of the shop is 1701 Monarch, Alameda, CA 94501. If you enter that into any of the map programs, it will place you where that balloon with the A in it is, about half a mile away from where the shop actually is, so follow the picture above.

The picture above is an aerial photo of the west end of Alameda. Use a map or a map program to get to Alameda. Once there, head for the west end of town, that's the side of Alameda closest to San Francisco.

If you're coming through the Webster tube, turn right on Atlantic and head west. That takes you to where the picture above picks up the trail. Atlantic has been renamed Frank Appezato Parkway in case you don't see a sign for Atlantic. Then follow the pink line.

Here's some photos of landmarks as you're approaching the shop.

After you've taken Atlantic all the way to the end, turn right on Ferry point which gives you the view above. Ferry point turns left onto Tower which is just ahead.

Go down Tower. Hangars on both sides. When you get to the American Bus Repair place at the end of Tower, stop and turn left.

You are now headed south. If it wasn't for all the cyclone fences you could drive straight til you got to the shop. Instead you have to go through the gate where you see the car.

Go through the gate and follow the maze. Note the sign that says 1701 Monarch.

After you get out of the maze, this is what you're looking at. Drive ahead to the building in the distance on the right.

You are real close now. Building 29 is your destination. Park outside the fence or inside if you can find a spot. Walk in the front door.

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.