The top deck is now taped and glued and we will have to remove it to tape the underside before fitting the deck perminatly.
The shape is relly looking good, and of course I am not bias at all.
We plan on fitting the hatch supports and some bracing to hold the deck shape when [...]

There is such a big difference between how long building could take and does, work, faimily stuff just gets in the way……..
At long last we are back into it, the top deck has been prepaired and is now stitched in place, m3 zip ties rule!!!!!
I am undecided, I dont think we should take the top [...]

This is the Kayak only held together with cable ties we have been amazed at how strong and rigid it feels, I was keen to get a weight on it, but there is no scales available in the work shop and my wife has banned me from taking anything from the kitchen or house.
So far [...]

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 [...]