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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 Sweden though. Supply is limited due to it being imported from…

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 cockpit deck beam. You actually start out with a perfectly functioning…

Whiskey sticks

Or as we say in Swedish: whiskypinne 🙂 I wanted to find out what all the hype about maturing alcohol rapidly is all about, so today I started my own liquer experiment. To get some taste in plain ol’ 100…