Roll your own

I got tired of not being able to paddle as much as I want this spring too, so I decided to help a few paddling friends ordering Tuiliks from Brooks. Well, that didn’t turn out so well. Brookspaddlegear have a…

Next build in planning

At the day of writing this I got a few images of an interesting kayak plan, a small East Greenland model collected by Jørn Riel, Ingsaalik back in 1968. He went on a 300km trip in it and later donated…

First trip

The ones who had finished their kayaks come October had already test paddled them, except for J who finished coating the skin and adding a few minimalistic lines the night before(!). Who’s in a hurry anyway 🙂 Hers is the…

Reskinning a skin on frame kayak

Yep, it’s that time of the year. Here is my documentation and a few findings about how you can tinker with your Skin On Frame Kayak after you have put it through it’s paces. This one is a replica of…

Using AI for posts about paddling

I wanted to find out if it’s doable or not. Or actually, interesting. This is my instruction for the chatbot over at OpenAI, who people have been raving about, to write this very blog post: “Write a witty and inspiring…

Kayak speed build

Let’s see. We have a temporary workshop, tools and lots of scrap wood. Why not build another kayak? The featured image is from the 22nd of September. I’m writing this the 29th and haven’t built for two days. Waiting for…

Coating the skin

So come Gooping Day we gathered early and slowly worked up a sticky mess everywhere in the workshop 🙂 Even when using disposable gloves, you take them off, forget them or just try to fix something quick without them. Being…

Spray skirts and covers

Too many kayaks and logistic problems… I needed som hatch covers and spray skirts, so I made some. Ahh, automatic, not very smart phone functions… so here’s the result.

Kerfing for endplates

The endplates are thin hardwood pieces that are attached with dowels to the gunwhales and stems in our case. You don’t have to have them but they help make a nice continuous line along the deck. They also lock in…