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Friday, April 16, 2010
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
Building a Greenland kayak (Part 1)
In addition to enjoying my son and family, written a MSc thesis, working full time as a doctor at the Department of Neurology (saving up for my current paternal leave) and having had a few exams this winter, I have also been building a Greenland kayak with the local crew.
Gunwales, futtocks, a keel and keel ends. Deck beams and stringers and strakes. A masik and plates of veneer. Many knots and dowels, and a fair amount of glue. Two different steaming cannons. And a cockpit.
The wooden frame of the kayak is finished after quite some labour and good clean fun. A more thorough explanation and lots of photos are available here (click on "Building a kayak").
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Next up is covering the skeleton with cloth, stitching it together and making it impermeable. Then the carpentering of a double-bladed paddle and the sewing of a spraydeck. Hopefully all done prior to the club's ceremony of ship naming and launching in early summer, which means I will be back with more of this in part 2.
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The wooden frame of the kayak is finished after quite some labour and good clean fun. A more thorough explanation and lots of photos are available here (click on "Building a kayak").
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFNiooBzwbuc6R8yHZBd-54SfmfvREn60qxOXCRNznrBhk4cXnC1JaaK7KdJyT-hS6ftwYGjyEFU0JGXaiQ6-a8GoHWEbanwj5rdPYJ7JOedEmK5m-1PDn4BsSymjvmD44prDj/s400/kayak2.jpg)
Next up is covering the skeleton with cloth, stitching it together and making it impermeable. Then the carpentering of a double-bladed paddle and the sewing of a spraydeck. Hopefully all done prior to the club's ceremony of ship naming and launching in early summer, which means I will be back with more of this in part 2.
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