Willow Sea Kayak and Fox Canoe

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Winter 2023

Summer and fall are behind us now and winter is coming. We're mostly ready here. EB White wrote "Just to live in New England in the winter is a full time job" and I'm hoping this winter shows us her best. I'll spend the next 3 months in the shop: building for clients, teaching and working on personal projects. Of course anytime the snow is just right and the cold has settled in, I'll steal away to the mountains or coast for a few days of camping and exploring.

You might have noticed that kit orders are on hold. I'm pretty sure this is temporary. I need to sort out pricing, shipping and some supply issues and right now I just don't have the time. (One man shop - don't ya know.)

These boats do matter a great deal. Case in point, this summer I built my 100th Willow Kayak at The Chewonki Foundation in mid coast Maine so I'll be working hard to get the kits out the door again.

Lets keep in touch and Bon Haver.

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Fox Canoe - Complete Kit

Bill Thomas Maker

Regular price $1,595.00 Sale

Shipping Options

Seat Choice

Shipping my Fox kits is on hold right now. Issues with suppliers and my shipper along with escalating prices have steered me towards this tough decision. Once I'm through the 2022 teaching season and can spend a bit of time in my office I hope to resolve these issues and start shipping kits again in the fall of 2022.

The Fox kits are very complete. All the plywood and solid wood parts are included as well as the fiberglass cloth and tape. The blocks to hang the seat back are cut and glued for you and you’ll have your choice of a cane or nylon webbing seat. The cane seat looks more traditional while the webbing seat is a bit more comfortable and holds up a bit better. Both are prefinished! We also include the wire and all the hardware needed, 2.25 gallons of MAS epoxy, all the fillers for the epoxy and a set of calibrated pumps. Plywood parts are precisely cut on a CNC machine. I hand-cut the scarf joints for you. Each kit comes with a 37 page builders guide, a set of plans, a one year membership to the OffCenterHarbor.com website and full access to our 23 part how to build video series.

Please click here for more information on the Fox Canoe.

Links to a building video and to a slideshow.

Please note: Currently kits are shipped only to the continental usa. Alaska and Canada residents, please contact us to make arrangements.