Welcome to the home of beautiful canoes

Workshop and Boats in action

I am John and at Valkyrie Craft I build boats and make paddles to order, and supply them to the U.K., the Republic of Ireland and beyond; my boats are afloat as far afield as Norway and Cyprus and my paddles are used on every continent.

I also run courses in boat building, paddle making and other traditional woodworking crafts.

My Products include:

  • Open / Canadian canoes in Cedar and Canvas, and Skin on Frame
  • Skin on Frame Sea Kayaks, both traditional and modern
  • Made to measure paddles for open canoes, S.U.P boards and Kayaks
  • Canoe and kayak accessories
  • Hands-on courses in paddle making, boat building and woodworking skills.
  • Specializing in made to measure Greenland Paddle

Some of my boats are built under license from Cape Falcon Kayaks

West Greenland Kayak
Paddles
Cedar and Canvas Canoes
Modern Kayak
Courses
Skin on Frame Canoes

I hold membership of:

  • The Wooden Canoe Heritage Association (WCHA)
  • The Wooden Boatbuilders Trade Association (WBTA)
  • The Wooden Canoe Builders Guild (WCBG) and abide by its standards of construction for Cedar and Canvas canoes.