I am very interested in building a strip-built kayak, from plans of course, but have found that the choice of designs are varied and they all look so pretty, so narrowing down my choice is not easy. I currently work in antique boat restoration and am restoring three Chris-Crafts: a 1939 19'Barrellback, a 17'barrellback, a '46 deluxe utility; also a 46 Garwood utility, 1930's vintage Old Town canoe, and a 1924 Dodge runabout. I have no doubt as to my skill to make a nice kayak of my own.
Because the financial commitment to building a kayak is substantially less than the above mentioned boats (none of them are mine personally), I can afford to build a kayak.
My question is this. If things turn out well, I would be interested in selling the kayaks that I build, after seeing the prices that some builders can command. But I assume that it would be unethical for me to sell a Redfish or Clc or others' kayaks commercially so how would I go about getting a design of my own. I don't have a design background of my own, so any advice would be greatly appreciated.