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 specialise building new light weight craft for expeditions and adventure.

Traditional shipwright services, mould making, vacuum composite construction, and wooden boat restoration, combining modern and traditional materials and process.

Open invitation to anyone curious to paddle a Shrike or skin on frame boat. It’s surprising how few sea kayakers have tried these super-light alternatives to heavier plastic boats, many are amazed !

All new boats and kayaks are meticulously hand made using timber, composites… plywood, veneers, epoxy resins, technical fabrics, cellular panels and woven fibres etc.