That is a lovely looking boat. I'd like to build it for myself. I don't know if Bjorn would appreciate you handing over his plans though?

No worries, Et. You'd have to purchase them like any other design. I'm one of his authorized commercial builders, like Petruskayaks in Sweden or Niklas in Finland. I have full access to and can print and sell his plans. Mostly they are for classed and kits but also retail.

Björn has several designs that were designed for plywood construction that he has made for Petruskayak and his other builders. They're not shown on his website. Go to the bottom of the article: www.thomassondesign.com/en/lasa-om/kajakdesign-pa-uppdrag

There are the Alleq, five standard sizes of the Black Pearl and a rec boat line called the Sommen. Thus far they were only for building at classes. The builders hosting said class would make the templates for the plywood panels for assembly during the class. He doesn't have a program to automatically develop the panels. So we cut out the forms like usual and then "strip" it with plywood, developing them in the flesh so to speak. The panels for the classes can then be traced from the templates. It works great for kayaks built in-house but there are no "plans."

This spring I've been helping him with that regard. I've been importing the designs into the program I use which does calculate the panel developments. I have the BPs done but I haven't tested the output. The Alleq is next in my queue when I have time or there is interest. Soon we'll have printed panel templates for stitch and glue construction at home. That is why I brought it up.