North Alaskan Kayak Frame Build Timelapse video 14 of…12?
In this last time-lapse I attach the coaming which rests directly on the deck stringers (as opposed to the deck beams) and is supported on the sides by small stanchions. The lashing for the coaming is kind of neat and wraps around the stringers, the deck beam, and the coaming. The little stanchions were harder to fit than I expected. You would think that you could just roughly estimate the compound angles by eye and then carve the top surface to receive the coaming, but in practice it was a lot more challenging. Fortunately I couldn’t see the stanchions in any of Harvey‘s photos so I chose the least difficult ones of the known variation. Some collected examples had birds mouth joints top and bottom, which by this point in the build I was way too tired to wrap my head around!
This concludes the time lapse video series but if you’re interested in learning more about these kayaks in normal speed I just posted is a 30 minute video where I discuss the building process and my paddling impressions. I also posted an absolutely gorgeous step-by-step video set to music that we’ve been working on for months. You can find them both on the Cape Falcon Kayak YouTube channel.
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