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 […]
So, first you start off with the faint idea that for stitching you need a needle and thread, right? Some claim they’re Irish and can’t sew… others have fixed […]
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 […]
The Masik is the cross beam above your thighs. It’s best if it fits tight for good control over your kayak, but not as tight you can’t shift around […]
There are many kinds of Polyurethane which work for a SOF kayak and even more kinds that don’t work. You need to look out for certain properties and I […]
Copper nails look cool I think. These are ring shank nails driven into the oak/ash coaming. If the glue would by any chance come loose, the coaming will probably […]
The first time can be quite intimidating, with just one chance with the hot knife and what not, but once you get comfortable with everything pinned down you will […]
Recently our little summer workshop got the addition of two new menbers. Nice people it seemed. Little did we know one was a kayak murderer…just look at this! So, […]
Had to make a complete detour anyway from the classic Greenland lines and style for this kayak. Enter my first set of foot braces. They are some heavy pieces […]
So, for the last touch-ups most builds need to install the deck stringers and this kayak has secondary stringer on the outside of the gunwhale too (more on that […]