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Greenland Kayak Mk II: Stats
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Greenland Kayak Mk II. Wood: 650 Swedish crowns/65 euro. Skin: 40 euro (got a good discount from www.groenlaender.de because he accidentally sent me a skin that was a bit short for my previous project.). Varnish/Paint: 450 Swedish crowns/45 Euro. Total: 1500 Swedish crowns/150 euro. Day 1: 7 Hours. Gunwales shaped and marked, rib mortises cut, forms fitted. (2 hours of it was catching up when the bad gunwale broke). Day 2: 3 Hours. Deck beams cut and fitted. Ribs bent and fitted. Day 3: 3½ Hours.
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Greenland Kayak Mk II: July 2011
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Greenland Kayak Mk II. Sunday, 10 July 2011. As planned, I gave the kayak to my girlfriend as a birthday present, and I'd say it all went well. Of course it also came with a paddle, and a pair of wetsuit gloves (I got blisters from my paddle the first time I paddled so I figured better to wear gloves.). It's a bit hard to see in this picture, but the kayak weighs just over 10 KG, which I count as a success as she needs to be able to carry it. :P. Which she did, down to the beach! Tuesday, 5 July 2011.
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Greenland Kayak Mk II: June 2011
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Greenland Kayak Mk II. Thursday, 30 June 2011. Apparently blogger.com crashed and killed my post. :. Anyways, I went out again yesterday. After a false start because I'm lazy when it comes to measuring I got the stemplates cut out, and got the keel lashed on without any trouble. The chines gave me a little bit of trouble as they simply wouldn't bend enough, so in the end I cut some new one's that were a bit thinner and got them lashed on. So more or less done with the frame now. Tuesday, 28 June 2011.
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building a greenland kayak: Frame Finished!
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Building a greenland kayak. Wednesday, 13 April 2011. I went out last night and put on the forward deck stringer, which means the frame is officially finished. Work still needing to be done:. Oiling the frame (possibly twice). Bending the coaming (the ring that will be around my waist). Sewing on the skin. Painting the skin to waterproof it. I will upload some pictures of the finished frame next friday when i go out to oil it. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). View my complete profile. Why a sea kayak?
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building a greenland kayak: Finished
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Building a greenland kayak. Friday, 20 May 2011. Well, i did actually finish it and paddle it two weeks ago, but completely forgot to post it here. The finished boat weighs 17 kg, which is a fair bit more than i expected, but considering that it's mostly made out of pine, and i think the boat varnish i used was fairly heavy too, it's not really unexpected. So, i carried it down to the water (5 minute walk). And got in (notice the wetsuit, i knew what i was getting into :P. View my complete profile. Trave...
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building a greenland kayak: pictures!
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Building a greenland kayak. Tuesday, 26 April 2011. Ok, went a while without access to a camera there, but now i finally managed it. :P. I made the coaming, with a flange all the way around:. It doesn't look too good in the back, but I'll smooth it over when i finish it, i had to put an extra piece of wood on there to hold it together that I'm planning on removing when i stich it together. And i think the masik is strong enough even though i cut it out of a straight piece instead of the curved one:.
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building a greenland kayak: Finished - Officially.
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Building a greenland kayak. Sunday, 19 June 2011. Check out my next project: http:/ emma-kayak.blogspot.com/. Well, i've made the Deck lines now, and checked over the paint job properly. so now the kayak is officially finished! Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). View my complete profile. Related SoF Kayak links. Cunninghams book at google books. Why a sea kayak? Another swedish SoF build. Yet another SoF build. Greenland paddle video and pdf. Travel template. Template images by MichaelJay.
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building a greenland kayak: Paddling
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Building a greenland kayak. Sunday, 12 June 2011. Two months since I finished it, I finally had time to go out for another paddle. This time it felt a lot better than last time. The waterline is around the bottom of the gunwhales at the seat, and while it is fairly unstable, it is possible to balance. :P. I'll still paint it, and make deck lines, somewhere down the line, but next weekend I'm planning on going shopping for wood for my gf's kayak. :D. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Why a sea kayak?
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building a greenland kayak: June 2011
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Building a greenland kayak. Sunday, 19 June 2011. Check out my next project: http:/ emma-kayak.blogspot.com/. Well, i've made the Deck lines now, and checked over the paint job properly. so now the kayak is officially finished! Sunday, 12 June 2011. Two months since I finished it, I finally had time to go out for another paddle. I'll still paint it, and make deck lines, somewhere down the line, but next weekend I'm planning on going shopping for wood for my gf's kayak. :D. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).
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building a greenland kayak: February 2011
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Building a greenland kayak. Wednesday, 23 February 2011. I'm planning to build a skin-on-frame sea kayak, inspired by the greenland style. I've ordered chris cunninghams book (forgot the name of it, but i'll post it when i get it after this weekend). I'll most likely start by making a paddle, and then i'll make a "test kayak" with willow shoots and a tarp. ( 4 hour kayak. The test one is mostly to have something to play with while building though. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). View my complete profile.
