Making a West Greenland Kayak

The final part of the frame, the floor boards. Two sets a pair where I will sit and another pair where my heels will rest. The first thing...

Now its time for the two sets of deck stringers. Two behind the coaming hole and two in front. The two behind ones were pretty straight f...

Now on to the last deck beam the masik . I choose to make it from a pine branch which has the riight bend which allows me to make a thinner ...

Now on to securing the ends with stem-plates. First Setting up the Japanese saw with a stop and sawing out to help with chiselling the rece...

Now to finish the hull. All that is left the stringers/Chines that sit either side of the Keelson. First I have to plane the last 1.2m,...

I thought would get going with my greenland paddle so I can try and have both finished at the same time. The planes I am using are from C...

Next up is getting the Watercutters in place. First I drilled two sets of holes and lashed the boards to the gunwales. I was surprised how s...