Something a little different this time: I am behind the camera and Liz is building her first kayak! The design is my F1 kayak, a super versatile and surprisingly quick 14’ sea kayak that weighs around 30lbs depending on the size. Normally a build like this takes about 10 days (including prep), but we have budgeted 2 weeks because we only have time to work half days.
The video starts about 2 days into the process. She has already built the coaming and prepped all the pieces of the frame. With the exception of the ribs I always encourage people to do their prep before the build so they don’t have to interrupt their workflow.
In this video Liz is spreading the gunwales to define the shape of the deck, lashing and pegging the ends together, marking out the deck beams, and then starting work on the tenons. About 5 hours of work are shown here.
Quick note: Normally I mix these with music for social media, please let me know how you like the natural sound?!.
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