Category Kayak building class

Someone supposedly cobbled together a few planks 2000 years ago to nail a dude to them. If you think that’s grim, what about a part of humanity, quite logically, celebrate this with eating eggs from hen (gender neutral?) and go…

Yesterday I wanted to catch up with the other builders, so I steam bent a second coaming lip and a hatch lip. Today, Saturday, was all about sanding and prepping the coaming and the hatch rim. Had a little paddle…

Some of us met up on a nice Tuesday evening two days after having started the build. Our main objective was to make a second coaming and a coaming lip without cracks. Some cracked but not to worry, we have…

Although theft is uncommon at the boat club, tools tend to be spread a little thinner among members over time. Solution? I thought a lockable tin can, or sheet metal cabinet if you want to be precise, would do the…

A big (Sun)day for everyone and the first proper sunny weather we’ve had for a week. Everyone was stoked and possibly a bit confused as to what to do first, but working in pairs boosted self confidence. Decisions Some decisions…

One almost feels bad chopping up beautiful fresh boards into tiny ribs and what not, but just almost. When ripping the slightly thicker, 8 mm Oak for coamings, it was so flexible coming off the saw I had to resist…

Forgot to write this post before, but this day, finally, we got to stop just talking but actually get to do something. With miserable weather and all ordered goods for building just on the way, we decided to make a…

Yayyy! Some old and some younger/new kayaking friends trusted me to lead a Skin On Frame builder’s class, so here we go! The participants will comment the heck out of this blog, I am sure of it! A bit oldscool…