We’re sharing some of our favorite skin-on-frame photos from the last 15 years while we build the tiny house. (Check out @actuallytiny). The deck line and toggle arrangements on traditional Greenland hunting kayaks have always fascinated me. A quick page through Harvey Golden’s book, Kayaks of Greenland reveals a vast array of potential setups...
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Sharing some of our favorite skin-on-frame photos: My favorite Greenland kayak ever
We’re sharing some of our favorite skin-on-frame photos from the last 15 years while we build the tiny house. (Check out @actuallytiny). I’ve been thinking a lot about the kayak in this picture lately. Built 16 years ago this less than faithful reproduction of a certain historic Greenland kayak remains to this day my...
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Sharing some of our favorite skin-on-frame photos: Salmon fishing from the guide boat
We’re sharing some of our favorite skin-on-frame photos from the last 15 years while we build the tiny house. (Check out @actuallytiny). For five years of my life I spent a significant amount of time trolling for salmon in my Adirondack Guide boats. Putting my back into it felt like an honest way to...
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Sharing some of our favorite skin-on-frame photos: The skin-on-frame guide boat 2.0
Posting some of our favorite skin-on-frame photos while we build the tiny house (check out @actuallytiny). This was the 2nd version of the Adirondack guideboat that I built two years after creating the first two originals. The only real changes was increasing the depth amidships from 11.5 to 14 inches deep, and bringing the...
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Sharing some of our favorite skin-on-frame images: the Adirondack guide boat
We’re sharing some of our favorite images from the last 15 years while we build the tiny house. (Check out @actuallytiny). This was the first of six Adirondack guideboats I’ve built. Gorgeous, lightweight and addictive to row, they are among my favorite boats ever....
It’s always hard to resist something new and exciting.
It’s always hard to resist something new and exciting. This is a shameless confession to let you know we’ve been cheating on you with our other Instagram @actuallytiny and our new website actuallytiny.com, both focused on the super minimalist tiny house we are constructing right now. Liz and I have been doing what we...
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Kayaks for larger and smaller people
Whether you’re a really large person or a really small person it can be hard to find kayaks that truly fit you well. The cool thing about working in skin on frame where I can change any variable in the boat is that it’s pretty easy to adjust sizing for unique users. My F1...
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Nick’s dazzle-patterned F1 kayak
Wanted to share some photos of this super cool F1 paint job done by wooden boat builder Nick Gates in the UK. The pattern was inspired by WWI “dazzle camouflage” which purportedly made it harder for submariners to target enemy ships. It’s not clear how long paint will stick to the polyurethane, so it...
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F1 kayak for sale (SOLD)
Update: SOLD Well, it was bound to happen eventually, after 17 years of building custom boats on the honor system somebody finally flaked out on an order and this beautiful custom F1 now needs a home at a deeply discounted price. I generally don’t take any payment until someone paddles their boat and is...
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Actually Tiny: building a smart, simple, tiny house on wheels
Check us out at @actuallytiny where we are building a smart, simple, tiny house on wheels. In addition to my work with skin-on-frame boatbuilding, my other big passion in life is sustainable living and specifically small, off-grid structures. Over the years I’ve built a cordwood sauna, an off grid house, several off grid cabins,...
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Peter’s F2 kayak
One of the most gratifying things about my job is watching the boats getting built all over the world. Peter in Southern Australia (in his 70’s) built himself an F1 last year and his wife loved it so much that he built her one as well. This year he built a tandem so they...
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It’s kind of painful how little time I get to spend with a boat before I start hacking into it with modifications
It’s kind of painful how little time I get to spend with a boat before I start hacking into it with modifications. Trying to find the right seat heights and position in the tandem right now. Also switching to 3/16 bolts and cup washers (always the plan). Moved the bow and stern seat back...
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Building a Greenland paddle
I literally can’t explain why I don’t like making Greenland paddles. It’s easy work, pays well, and I really believe that my shape is superior to most of what’s out there, but for whatever reason I’m just sick of making them. After 15 years of making about one of these a week I finally...
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Socks for the sawhorses
One of the smartest tool purchases I ever made was six pairs of these folding steel Trojan sawhorses when I was 26 years old. The price tag was brutal even back then, but it saved me from two decades of dealing with crap sawhorses. My only complaint is that they aren’t very friendly to...
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Efficiency, lightness, beauty, and simplicity
Efficiency, lightness, beauty, and simplicity are the life themes I aspire to. I hope someday to be able to sculpt my mind and my heart to the same perfection as a canoe, or a single speed bicycle. ___ This post was originally featured on our Instagram feed. See the original post and discussion here....
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