Aleutian Bidarka Workshop

Fees include all materials, use of tools and instruction. Choice of canvas or nylon. Lunch is served daily.

Aleutian Bidarka Workshop
Single $1,600
Double $1,900 *Cost is per double- two students should attend to build a double or triple*
(third storage hole add $75)
Triple $2,050

Point Beach State Forest is located nearby for those wishing to camp. Lodging can also be obtained for a very reasonable fee at local hotels. Please email for details.

Bidarkas have an innate flexibility unfound in other crafts. Their multi-chined hulls, bifurcated bows and truncated sterns combine to make them exceptionally fast, seaworthy kayaks.

Unable to attend a workshop? Mark can custom build you a "Skin on Frame" kayak, bidarka or canoe fit to you.
Custom West Greenland Skin on Frame $2,900
Custom East Greenland Skin on Frame $3,500
Custom Single Aluetian Bidarka $3,500
Custom Double Aluetian Bidarka $3,900
Custom Solo Canoe $2,000
Custom Tandem Canoe $2,400

The Aleutian Bidarka is the oldest kayak design known. Its multi-chined hull is lashed with many lashings. These kayaks are built around the paddler's proportions. The Bidarka is an exciting and intricate kayak to build.

Bidarkas are excellent touring kayaks providing tremendous gear carrying capacity. Two students should attend to build a double or triple.

Join Mark Rogers, Master Builder of Superior Kayaks, and let him assist you in building an authentic Bidarka.

" .this is the most amazingly stable boat I have ever been in..It was an interesting sensation to feel the waves through the skin, crashing into the hull underneath. I was surprised at how responsive this boat is to slight shifts in weight from one side to the other. This is what all the kayak courses tell you to do for minor corrections, but never really seems to have an effect, until now. Mark, this is one heck of a boat design and I have no clue why anyone would paddle anything different. Thanks." Franz