Both kayaks here are based on a West Greenland Kayak from the early 1900, situated in the Canadian Museum of history. Plans courtesy of Brian Schulz at Capefalcon kayaks. The dark one is a slightly shorter, lower volume and flatter…
Packed with acronyms here… So, you drink some Bag In Box wine. Or in my case, my neighbours do and leave me a little for cooking 🙂 You recycle the inner container and use it for some kayak touring and…
I found these two Tuiliqs in my closet the other day, hovering around like ghosts from the past. They are my first jackets, made out of canvas and quite nice winter parkas. They are ok for paddling and fully wax…
Still haven’t come across clear and straight grained Cedar that I can make a normal Greenland paddle out of, so I am making another storm paddle. Started out on the bandsaw to do a rough cut, but quickly switched to…
I recently had the opportunity to get fu***d and pay for it. Having searched everywhere around the net for local suppliers, all I found who could deliver what I wanted was this plastic supply company which shall be unnamed. Anyhow,…
Ever wondered what that wooden thingy is on top of a rolling nerd’s kayak? It’s a throwing stick used since the stone age to throw sticks, like harpoons, further. A Norsaq. This is my first home made one. It probably…
Or as we say in Swedish: whiskypinne 🙂 I wanted to find out what all the hype about maturing alcohol rapidly is all about, so today I started my own liquer experiment. To get some taste in plain ol’ 100…
Your typical summer activity, right? We had some time to goof around while shaving the storm paddle thinner and thinner.
I wanted to make an all Cedar storm paddle with a friend, for another friend as a present. I started out by making stupid sawing mistakes and what not, but documented the process and the end result. Here you see…
I recently heard about this company called Holms Trä which keeps prime quality Western Red Cedar. Here. In Stockholm. It’s situated at Kungens Kurva but even with map coordinates it was difficult to find. Nevertheless, when I got there I…
Couldn’t find the time during the whole spring but when I got to summer vacay I finally got around to starting the build of a new Skin On Frame “Mule” kayak. It’s gonna be ultra light but sturdy enough to…
