Making a West Greenland Kayak

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...

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...

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...

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 ....

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 ...