Making a West Greenland Kayak

Making a West Greenland Kayak

A blog following the progress of building my first West Greenland Kayak.

Monday, 12 July 2010

Rolling my kayak

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Finally got round to rolling the kayak this weekend. I was pretty happy with how it handled and looking forward to many hours getting wet in...
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Sunday, 17 May 2009

Lines and toggles

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And now for my final post. The last detail on the kayak is some Lines for the deck and some toggles to be able to tension the lines. Firs...
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Saturday, 2 May 2009

Painting and a first paddle

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Well after deciding what to coat the skin in, "Coelan" with a white pigment I got going over the may-day weekend. Coelan is an in...
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Friday, 9 January 2009

Kayak skinned

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Its been a while since the last update but the nylon skin is finally on and the coaming is also sewn is place. After the main sewingwas done...
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Tuesday, 23 September 2008

Cockpit Coaming finished

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I managed to get the rim steamed round and glued. Here is the process I went through to get to finish it The first was to find what the leng...
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Monday, 15 September 2008

Frame Oiled and ready

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The final chapter on the frame is to coat it with some Tung-oil to give it a little water proofing and keep the rot out. The coaming ri...

Paddle finished

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I have really kept up with the paddle progress but I have been working on it when the weather was bad or I wanted a break from the kayak ....
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