Ok ok. I know it’s not very stylish and a deviation far from the East Greenland kayak originals, but I am not comfortable with the cheapo Polyurethane on this […]
(/pɔːˈloʊniə/ paw-LOH-nee-ə) Paulowniaceae, the order Lamiales. This is from Wikipedia. All we know is that it’s light and might be nice for building a kayak. Not easy to get hold of in […]
Well, you may not need it actually, but if you’re not travelling light enough for a Greenland kayak, this is the reserve storage to save your day…or week. It […]
I was not happy with my last build’s rear coaming height and felt I needed to do something about it. After careful consideration (not!) I just cut the rear […]
I recently happened to have my west and east Greenland kayaks next to each other where you can clearly see the difference in bow/stern height and angle. Now, the […]
This used to require life long practice and be a lethal hunting vessel in the Arctic. For sea animals at least. I started this build on Christmas Eve 2021 […]
This time, it’s an East Greenland design. Long, low, narrow. Good for calm waters, easy cruising and weight shift turning. Just what you need, right? It’s about 48cm wide, […]
For those of you not from Scandinavia, here are the lightbearer festivities from a kayaker’s point of view, just outside the Stockholm’s Stadshus during the Nobel Prize Week (Stockholm […]
If you checked out my previous post you may have gathered I wasn’t too impressed with the quality of today’s so called outdoor pants. Since I wondered what else […]
Recently I bought two pairs of hiking/outdoors pants and was surprised at how quickly one pair wore down. It took me a few days in the workshop to make […]
This time it’s a laminated aspen and fir paddle. I know aspen wood can be brittle but it’s knot free, doesn’t take on much moisture and easy to work […]