About

Selkie Kayaks is a small independent shipwright and boatbuilding workshop in Newhaven with 30 years experience, restoring traditional craft and also making high quality, vacuum composite, ply, strip planked and skin on frame sea kayaks, along with cedar strip and marine ply rowing boats. We can produce the Shrike cnc cut kayak kit and the fully built ANGUS Expedition Rowing boat. We specialise building new light weight craft for expedition and adventure.

Traditional shipwright services. Modern vacuum composite construction, and wooden boat restoration, combining modern and traditional materials and process. The kayak designs are inspired by typical West Greenland skin covered hunting boats

Open invitation to anyone curious to paddle a Shrike or skin on frame boat, to paddle one of ours. Its surprising how few sea kayakers have tried these superlight alternatives to heavier plastic boats, many are amazed.

All our new boats and kayaks are meticulously hand made. We use new and reclaimed timber, plywood, veneers, epoxy resins, technical fabrics and woven fibres.