Well it looks like I found the wood for my next canoe. I don’t usually spring for the fancy stuff but it’s pretty hard to pass up a board like this…...
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Video: New West Greenland Kayak design on a wind wave
This is our new West Greenland Kayak design on a wind wave. Being low-volume, fine in the bow, and forward weighted, Greenland kayaks are typically not great surfing boats, but this one is a little better than most. Still not great but entertaining on the right wave....
Experiments with tie on skegs
There are tie on skegs associated with some of the historic Greenland kayaks in museums. These can help in challenging crosswind and down wind conditions although they do add noticeable drag. Years ago I experimented with this but found the drag of the strings around the kayak unacceptable. I created a keyhole shaped aluminum...
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Video: effects of too little bow rocker
This video is a perfect example of the negative effect that an undersized kayak with too little bow rocker has on downwave performance. I’ve been expanding the size range on my LPB design and this is the prototype of the new 125 pound size. It has 1/2 inch less bow rocker than it should...
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On YouTube: Time lapse of building the West Greenland Kayak
I just posted this seven minute time lapse of building this West Greenland kayak to my YouTube channel. Check it out and enjoy!...
Video: Finally the Skydio drone works well for capturing on the water footage!
The Skydio drone finally works really well! I’ve had the Skydio for a little over a year now and I have to be honest that at first it was really frustrating. It froze in the sky often, the camera bobbed wildly up and down, the footage always pushed you into a corner and partially...
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Taking a test drive in a pretty new flat deck F1
Taking a test drive in a pretty new flat deck F1 we just finished for a Bay Area customer. This is actually the third time we’ve rebuilt this kayak. On the first one due to communication issues it had a quarter inch too little rocker in the back and it just didn’t carve an...
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Video: Just a couple easy Greenland rolls and a really bad hand roll
Just a couple easy Greenland rolls and a really bad hand roll attempt from yesterdays filming session. (I’d been on the water for over an hour and was exhausted). This shows pretty clearly both the advantage of a full-size spare Greenland paddle on the front deck and the value of Greenland rolling in general....
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Video: The sun through a canoe skin
Deep in the video editing today working on a couple projects and I found this nice clip, enjoy....
Video: A few clips of canoe catamaran sailing last summer
Just a few clips of Canoe Catamaran sailing the nesting canoes from a YouTube video I’m working on right now. The Canoe Catamaran functionality is built into our system from the ground up, meaning that it’s integrated and standard and not just an afterthought. The sail rig weighs 2-3 pounds (carbon vs aluminum), takes...
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Video: Nesting the canoes
One of the cooler things about working with a formula-based Canoe shaping system is that I can use the math to make them nest like Russian dolls! It’s kind of a neat party trick but it’s also fairly useful for storage and transport. All three of these fit easily on top of our Honda...
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Video: Learning what not to do and telling other people about it
Basically my whole job is just learning what not to do and telling other people about it. This is the stupid way to fish rudder tubing, it works much better if you roll out the tubing a couple days in advance to let it relax and straighten....
Commission canoe leaving the shop
Just a bit of random skin-on-frame canoe porn to get you through your Wednesday morning. You can find all the technical details on this canoe a few posts back. 14 feet, 26lbs, etc…....
Rory’s tandem canoe
Getting trip reports from people who have built my boats is one of my absolute favorite things. These pictures come from Rory in British Columbia who spent a couple days camping with his wife and daughter this last weekend. Rory’s canoe is 16 1/2 feet long, 36 inches wide, and 13 5/8 inches deep...
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Video: Steambent kayak cockpit shaping
Just added a couple new cockpit coaming videos to our FREE Skin on Frame Kayak Prep Course. The first video goes into precise detail about the exact shaping for my steam bent keyhole cockpits. The second is an informal discussion about laminating a coaming. I’m obsessed with cockpit geometry and outfitting and I have...
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