Field Notes
Notes from the workshop, the water, and the occasional rant.
Kayak building courses in Stockholm and Västervik
Build Your Own Greenland Kayak – Skin-on-Frame Course Imagine crafting your very own Greenland-style kayak with your hands – a sle…
READ →Kayak workshop busy bees
So proud of my students Rickard, Carro, Julio and Anja making awesome kayaks for rolling! As always, we've had our fair share of w…
READ →Comfortable SOF kayak seat
This hammock style seat takes some sewing but is probably the most comfortable I have tried for a SOF rolling kayak. It dries by i…
READ →The new Elsyaq
UPDATE: this qajaq's image taken of Elsa rolling, by Ulf Esebrant, actually got quite famous. On the International Canoe Federatio…
READ →Sewing on the coaming
Celebration day, yay! Today Carro & Rick finished sewing their kayaks. This marks the 21st day of building according to Carro. It…
READ →Developing a Kayak Designer
UPDATE: The kayak designer is now on rebelkayaks.eu/designer where you can actually play with the colors and even materialize your…
READ →My Trolling Machine
Well. On Christmas Eve I just had to start a new build and it took until today to try it out. Kind of a new record. You may call m…
READ →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, I…
READ →Unboxing a Rebel TOC
The other week I recieved a couple of kayaks, delivered by my friend John. The Rebel TOC I could keep for myself, the other one go…
READ →Rolling kayak design considerations
Epic neverending rant warning. You should always take what you read on the Internetz by face value and never make your own opinion…
READ →Qajaq tip of the day - Frankenyaq
Ok, ok, I understand having a butt ugly kayak may be an aquired taste but hear me out this time! Been having these worn patches go…
READ →Kayaks with AI
What will the future of kayaks and kayaking look like? I for one go for much lighter kayaks in general. Having built well tuned Sk…
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