Building the Greenland Kayak
I refered to this book a lot while building my Yost style non-folders and found it so well written and informative that I just have to give it a plug here.
Even if you aren’t building a traditional style Greenland kayak there are a lot of good general building tips, design criteria and [...]

I finished up the skin today. The pucker in the middle of the cockpit will get taken care of when I glue up the coaming riser. I’m going to make a free standing coaming like Tom does here but using HDPE tubing instead of aluminum. I’ll post more tomorrow on how well [...]

Well, by the end of the day the kayak will be sea (lake) worthy. Had to take a break to write a post and put some new pictures up. I got the gasket material in the hatch covers and all is looking good. The front hatch still needs bungees applied and the [...]

I laced up the hull yesterday and pulled it tight before gluing the bow and stern. The process is pretty easy and while the lacing isn’t necessary I think it gives me time to work most of the wrinkles out before stapling. The yellow skin lets a lot more light through than the [...]

I finished up the frame and seat yesterday and set it on the scale. So far it’s sitting right at 29 lbs. My goal is to keep it under 40 total. I’m not sure how much the skin will weigh yet but I’ve got a lightweight coaming planned that should help.

I had a test sit in the cockpit this afternoon. It’ll fit nicely. Frame 3 will work perfectly as a foot rest and I have just enough room in frame 4 for my calves to slip through. The 2′ 8″ cockpit is definitely not too large. I’ll just be able to [...]

I carved the seat and back rest today, also glued the backrest to the back bulkhead and am pretty happy with how it came out. See picture below. Also in the works today was final shaping of the front hatch flange and epoxying it into place. You can click through on the [...]

I mixed up a batch of epoxy, cabosil and wood flour and put the resulting paste on all the edges that meet. Not too bad of an experience except for the mosquitoes biting. Sure is a distraction. But, swatting and epoxying, and strapping the boat together with bungees didn’t go too bad. [...]

I got a great start on my kayak today. Hannah’s still needs a little work but I figured I could do it while the glue is drying on mine.
I wanted something to handle my current weight and maybe a little gear. After talking with a lot of people and looking at all the [...]

I got the coaming epoxied to the riser, sanded, and sealed.  Ready for glass which should happen tomorrow.  Also on the completed list is the hatch flange built, but needs sanding and a bit of filling in of some voids prior to installing in the hatch hole.  I built the hatch small since this will [...]