Month June 2022

Personalised cockpit coaming

Clara decided to do another coaming. This time after she measured one she likes. It’s tiny! The cool thing is she did the form (mostly) herself, calculated the length of all parts, worked them into shape and glued the whole…

Planing away

For a city slicker who understands trees can be bought as planks and not much more, it’s a miracle to plane wood down into the thickness you need for a specific project. Strength to weight ratio is slowly sinking in…

Scarfing wood

Science has it that a wood joint bigger than 1:12 slowly starts being stronger than wood without a joint. At 1:15 it is clearly stronger but stiffer. So, how do you want your joint? Scarfing is not just about tall…

Mortising gunwhales

When your Gunwhales are sawn and you start measuring for ribs and deckbeams, that’s when it feels like the kayak build is starting. Today, the old plunge router gave up and before that, the camera “stand” I used for recording…