West Greenland Kayak Build Time Lapse 8: Coating the kayak. Build time so far, about 40 hours. I’ve recently started experimenting with mixing rare earth pigment directly into the two-part polyurethane. The advantage to this is that the finish is far more colorfast and UV resistant than using acid dye to color the fabric,...
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Video: West Greenland Kayak Build Time Lapse 7: Skinning the kayak
West Greenland Kayak Build Time Lapse 7: Skinning the kayak. Build time so far, about 32 hours....
Video: West Greenland Kayak Build Time Lapse 6: Adding foredeck stringers
West Greenland Kayak Build Time Lapse 6: Adding foredeck stringers, cleaning up and oiling the frame. Total build time so far, about 28 hours. The time lapse is back, don’t miss the music here! Scroll back to the October 16 post to see the beginning of this series. It’s pretty obvious what’s happening in...
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Video: West Greenland Kayak build, Frame number 3: Steam bending the ribs
West Greenland Kayak build, Frame number 3, steam bending the ribs. Bending day ended up being a lot more work than I planned. I started out with a quick test bend of 8 ribs just to make sure the rib measuring formula still worked with with the new deck shape. Then I cut up...
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West Greenland Kayak Build, frame number 3: Building the deck
West Greenland Kayak Build, frame number 3, building the deck. I started the new frame with a few mistakes. I missed a rotted area when prepping the gunwales and then screwed up a mortise in a way that’s actually a bit of a structural issue. Nothing I can’t work around but still a bit...
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Video: West Greenland Kayak Build, on the water tests 5 + 6
West Greenland Kayak Build, on the water tests 5 and 6. For my next experiment I copied a detail seen on a few historic Greenland kayaks which is to add an extra stringer below the gunwale, projecting some extra volume further down in the hull. At a little over a pound this was by...
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Video: West Greenland Kayak Build, on the water test number 4
West Greenland Kayak Build, on the water test number 4. More experiments with stability. In the previous test I added a secondary stringer to the outside lower edge of the gunwales, which didn’t increase primary stability much but did add noticeable secondary stability, at the expense of a bit of glide. For this latest...
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West Greenland Kayak Build: Fitting and sizing and 3rd on the water test
West Greenland Kayak Build, fitting and sizing and 3rd on the water test. I had my friends Jared and Tom over to check the frame fit on a larger body side. At approximately 6 feet and 190 pounds both guys should really be in the stretched version of this boat. Here I was just...
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Video: plastic wrapping the frame for testing
I’ve never been a big fan of plastic wrapping skin on frame kayaks to test them, because the wrinkles from the wrap and the difference in shape from the water pressure change the performance so much that it really limits what you can learn this way. I can also skin a boat for real...
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Video: West Greenland Kayak Build Time Lapse 5: End plates, aft deck stringers, and Masik
West Greenland Kayak Build Time Lapse 5: End plates, aft deck stringers, and Masik. Total build time so far, about 24 hours. The stems are joined to the gunwales with thin wooden plates that get recessed into the wood. I used to make these from ash but I’ve been really enjoying working with cherry...
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Video: West Greenland Kayak Time Lapse 4: Keel, stringers, and stems
West Greenland Kayak Time Lapse 4: Keel, stringers, and stems. Build time so far, about 20 hours. I love how the music came together for this one! The actual work in this video is a little over three hours but I spent the better part of a day and a half trying to decide...
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Video: West Greenland Kayak Time Lapse 3: Steam bending the ribs
West Greenland Kayak Time Lapse 3: steam bending the ribs. Total build time so far, about 16 1/2 hours. (Don’t miss that groovy music!) Here’s the new rib measuring formula in action! It takes about an hour to prep the ribs, 30 minutes to bend them, and usually another 30 minutes to double check...
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Video: West Greenland Kayak Time Lapse 2.5: Steam bending test ribs
West Greenland Kayak Time Lapse: steam bending test ribs. I’m not adding today’s work to the build time because this wouldn’t normally be part of the process (unless you’re designing your own boat!). If you followed the last build you know that the giant leap of progress that I made on this design was...
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Video: West Greenland Kayak Time Lapse 2: Assembling the deck
West Greenland Kayak Time Lapse 2: assembling the deck, total build time so far, about 14 hours. There’s something extremely satisfying about fitting the deck beams. Over the years I developed a super efficient system that allows first time builders make these mortise and tenon joints quickly and accurately. They don’t need to be...
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Video: West Greenland Kayak Time Lapse 1: Setting up the gunwales and making the deck beams
West Greenland Kayak Time Lapse 1: Setting up the gunwales and making the deck beams. Total build time so far, about 11 hrs. (Prepping the gunwales and making the coaming not shown) FYI there’s music. I think I’m gonna time lapse this one just to keep things interesting. Build times listed represent actual woodworking...
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