Last video project before we head to Mexico. We are filming full instructions for how to add Falcon Sails to our kayaks. It’s a bit of a project with over an hour of video, but details matter with this sort of thing. I’ll the put the YouTube videos at the bottom of this post....
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Timelapse: Rigging the pedal-powered canoe
A quick word about the music on these videos: regardless of what type of music I use, someone is always upset about it, so if that’s you today, please send me your suggestions for appropriate, licensable music that you would like to hear on a time-lapse video. Thanks! Moving on, yesterday I installed the...
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Timelapse: Building the seat for the pedal powered canoe
Sound on! Here I’m finishing up the seat for the pedal powered Canoe. Normally I just purchase canoe seats because it’s far more cost-effective than building, but the pedal canoe requires a longer see a higher back so I have to build it. Plenty of small changes to be made on the next version...
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David’s custom canoe seat
Check out this brilliant seat that one of my students designed for his pack canoe. David is an excellent craftsman and is one of the few people that we have given a commercial license to teach our designs. I like to keep things a bit more simple than this, (although you wouldn’t know it...
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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: Steam bending the double lips onto kayak cockpit coamings
Steam bending the double lips onto kayak cockpit coamings with a little help from Bill (@wessinger_woodworks). As a former solo coastal sea kayaker where every single launch was a surf launch, I take my cockpit coamings extremely seriously. The shape here is long enough that I can lift my legs in and out while...
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Under deck pump storage pouch for the Flat Deck F1 + LPB
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...
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Video: Installing thigh bracing
For me thigh bracing in a sea kayak is all about finding a balance. I want to be locked in enough that I’m not gonna lose a knee at a critical moment, but I also want enough room to access my ditch/day bag easily, and also to be able to lift my knees on...
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Time lapse: Installing a kayak sail
Installing a kayak sail is one of those things that can take a few hours or a few days depending on how well organized you are. This is my sixth install and I finally feel like I’m getting a good flow with it. I haven’t arrived at my final hardware selections or locations but...
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Video: Doing a bit of surgery to reinforce a standard LPB frame
Doing a bit of surgery to reinforce a standard LPB for a quick proof of concept on the kayak catamaran. I just built one boat that’s designed for this but that still leaves me half a catamaran short. Turning the boat upside down on sawhorses is by far the easiest way to do this...
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Frame modifications on the new LPB
I’ve developed this terrible habit lately of adding a whole bunch of frame modifications for accessories that I end up not using. Seems like it takes just long enough for me to glue things on to decide that something was a stupid idea and I should do it differently! This latest LPB frame features...
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Video: Simple V lashings
These simple V lashings are a common attachment method on many different traditional Arctic kayaks. The configuration resists movement on all axis and the compression creates a super tight lashing that can still move under extreme forces. This is important because even though the flex of the skin boat is barely perceptible on the...
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Video: Simple tasks done efficiently. Breaking the edges and beveling the ends of kayak ribs
More simple tasks done efficiently. Breaking the edges and beveling the ends of the white oak ribs for the small size LPB I’m working on. It’s weird how some things just stick around. I can’t be absolutely sure of this but I think I’ve had this jig almost since the beginning which would mean that...
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Video: Chopping tenons
Same thing we do every day Pinky, try to take over the world… Chopping tenons for the new 21.5” wide LPB kayak. Pretty stoked to finally be adding this size to the lineup....
Video: Bending in the ribs for the LPB kayak (Time lapse)
Bending in the ribs for the LPB kayak. This isn’t my best time lapse work, but the music is kind of cool. Liz filmed me bending so now we finally have a specific steam bending video for each one of our kayaks in the building course!...