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 […]

There are several methods for how to tighten the skin on the frame. Something close to this one was used by many seal hunters back in the day. You […]

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 I know one was a kayak murderer… So, why do this, […]

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 […]

For all you people who can get your hands on perfect wood for paddle blanks, we salute you (as AC/DC would say). For us mere mortals, we get to […]

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 […]