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.
Örnsberg Kayak Festival
A great opportunity to meet other paddlers, swap, sell or buy gear, fika and look at rolling shows is the (now hopefully annual) meet at one of Stockholm’s club […]
Displaying a skin on frame kayak frame
Last weekend I went to the Läckö Kayak Festival at Läckö Castle, lake Vänern. Didn’t use the phone much so this image taken the first night is all I […]
Sign of the times
Always a nice feeling when you spot the first signs of the Spring. Just putting this image here for future reference. It was taken March 28 or 2022-03-28.
Retrofit hatch on a skin on frame kayak
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 […]
Paulownia for kayak building
(/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 […]
You need a stylish deck bag, I know I do
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 […]
Lowering the Isserfik
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 […]
West/East Greenland kayak comparison
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 […]
Greenland Stealth Tech in the making
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 […]
Building another kayak
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, […]
Luciapaddling
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 […]