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Under deck pump storage pouch for the Flat Deck F1 + LPB

March 2022September 2022Leave a comment

Over the next couple weeks we’re going to be releasing a massive package of upgrades to all of our kayaks and plan sets. Something special I’ve been working on for the official release of the flatter front deck versions of my modern kayaks is this pocket under the front deck. This little pouch is...

Update on the Fundraiser for the kids of Tiniteqilaaq

March 2022July 2023Leave a comment

To finish out what has been a bit of an unofficial Greenland rolling week here, I want to re-post the fundraiser for my friends in East Greenland. For the last 3 years I’ve been working with the schoolmaster in the tiny East Greenlandic village of Tiniteqilaaq, helping them to get kayak building supplies and...

Video: Greenland Skills

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I got into Greenland paddling in my mid-20s after damaging my shoulder in a board surfing accident. At the time it seemed pretty boring compared to the surf and whitewater paddling I was doing before, but because the paddle is much easier on the shoulders it was a way for me to stay on...

Video: Sailing a traditional Greenland kayak

March 2022June 2023Leave a comment

The customer who purchased the recent Greenland kayak had a rather unusual request, he wanted me to make a decorative sail for it. This was oddly serendipitous because I originally modified this kayak for a sail (One of the reasons I added the drop skeg) before realizing that was a BAD IDEA and never...

On YouTube: Rolling a West Greenland kayak

March 2022September 2022Leave a comment

Here’s another chunk of yesterday‘s roll video. The whole thing is posted on our YouTube channel as well (below) which is kind of nice because you play it at it half speed there for a really good view of the different techniques. It also just looks a little better in wide screen. This is...

Video: Some rolls in the West Greenland

March 2022June 2023Leave a comment

Here’s the first part of a longer rolling video I just posted to the Cape Falcon Kayak YouTube channel. This is the same re-rigged West Greenland replica that I talked about yesterday. The combination of the heavy keel, the retrofitted secondary stringers, and the new fitting system, makes rolling this kayak almost like cheating....

Photos of the newly re-rigged CMC-IV-375 West Greenland hunting kayak replica

March 2022September 2022Leave a comment

Just a few more photos of the newly re-rigged CMC-IV-375 West Greenland hunting kayak replica. This early 20th century kayak was a steppingstone in the progression of my most recent West Greenland redesign project. By studying surveys and photographs of the original combined with my own experience of watching kayaks deteriorate for decades I...

Some nice textures from an unusual project

March 2022July 2023Leave a comment

Just some nice textures from an unusual project I’m working on right now. Also the finished results from those replica toggles I made....

Video: Taking the new West Greenland out in wind and waves

March 2022September 2022Leave a comment

One of the many frustrating things about living with a serious chronic illness is not being able to test my boats. Basically my body makes poison instead of energy, so anything beyond five minutes of super gentle paddling can make it impossible to function for weeks. As a former surf / whitewater / race...

Building exact copies of Greenland Kayak deck line toggles

March 2022September 2022Leave a comment

Exact copies of Greenland Kayak deck line toggles. The kayak is number 67 in Harvey Golden’s book Kayaks of Greenland. (Photo shared with permission) This particular kayak has a mercifully simple toggle set. Some are quite intricate and complex. I used Elforyn artificial ivory and although softer it really does work very similarly to...

Fundraiser for the kids of Tiniteqilaaq, please read, like, and share!

March 2022July 2023Leave a comment

Fundraiser for the kids of Tiniteqilaaq, please read, like, and share: In addition to my modern skin on frame work I’m also passionate about traditional arctic kayaks and supporting native builders. For the last three years I’ve been helping Max, the schoolmaster in the tiny East Greenland village of Tiniteqilaaq (also known as Tiilerilaaq)...

Video: A bit of maneuvering in the new modified F1

March 2022September 2022Leave a comment

Here’s bit of maneuvering in the new modified F1 kayak. There’s music here if you like that sort of thing. The design progression of the F1 started 16 years ago with the closest skin on frame copy I could make of a Mariner Coaster. A lot of people have pulled lines from the Coaster...

The thing I love most about skin on frame

March 2022July 2023Leave a comment

The thing I love most about skin on frame is how easy it is to make changes on each new boat, allowing for both rapid design evolution and customization for individual paddlers. Here are my sketch notes from the recent highly modified F1 and some pictures of the finished kayak. This was going to...

Time lapse: Flat Deck Sailing-Catamaran F1 Kayak Build, Post 12: Paddling!

March 2022September 2022Leave a comment

Flat Deck Sailing-Catamaran F1 Kayak Build. Post 12, paddling! Hit that sound button. Apparently time lapse kayak paddling doesn’t look nearly as good as time lapse woodworking… The idea here was to take the new boat for a paddle through some of our local urban obstacles, and show off its capabilities with some Top...

Time lapse: Flat Deck Sailing-Catamaran F1 kayak build. Post 11: Outfitting the kayak

March 2022September 2022Leave a comment

Flat Deck Sailing-Catamaran F1 kayak build. Post 11, outfitting the kayak. Don’t miss the music! I finally found some time to outfit the new boat with deck lines, backband, seating, thigh braces, camera mount, perimeter lines, drain plug, and rub strips. With a 12oz skin, frame reinforcements, extra ribs, and a brass bow rub...