Traditional Inuit hunting kayaks used a variety of methods to attach the stringers and keel: continuous lashings, individual lashings, drilled holes lashings, pegs, and even nails. It’s almost as though they were more concerned with just getting the job done rather than worrying about what was “ traditional”.
Here I’m retying the stringers on the new prototype after shifting the chine height a little (for the third time). The material I’m using is a flat waxed polyester that we have custom-made for us to be just a little bit thicker and stronger then the artificial sinew that is commonly available. (we sell this in our store).
I use continuous lashings on all my kayaks and canoes because it’s fast and easy and in 20 years I’ve never broken one on the water. Even if I did, though it wouldn’t matter because the skin gets glued to the outside of the stringers so the lashings are essentially isolated from each other.
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