Here be pictures all in chronological order. No cheating (in fact too lazy to rename the image files… or sort them). The images start in September and end in January. I had sick leave because of stress and needed non-computer stuff to preoccupy myself with. Whittling sticks turned out to be really soothing. For the text-heavy version of this blog, go to Cape Falcon Kayaks!
How you want it 
How it is 
Paddle blank from a cheap 2×4 
Many shavings later… 
…the paddle emerges 
Tidy again 
Laminated deck beam jig 
Coaming jig 
Steambox 
Jigs 
Deck beam jig 
Where should this go? 
Clamping deck beam 
Chisel while it’s soft 
Gunwhales 
Power planer 
Japanese-ish saw from Sandvik 
Laminated deck beam 
Screw you too 
Gunwhale risers 
Selfie king 
Bent deck beam 
Practising mortises 
Miscellaneous picture 
First mortise 
Straight rib mortises 
Forms help shape 
Kerfed with hand saw 
Kerfed with jigsaw 
Friendly duck 
Olga and Ulrika at Ekerö 
Deck beams angled mortise jig 
The result 
Saves time 
Checking for symmetry 
…again 
…and again 
Gunwhale crack, just glue it 
Power planer noob 
Noob x2 
Not very usable 
Hard to get exact 
Dull or crooked blade burns 
If I take some of this… 
…and iron a little 
…it resists rain 
Ripping keel and stringers 
Straight grain 
Ripping ash ribs 
Rib material 
Some bend, some crack 
Ash rib 
Hot ‘n cosy inside 
Stringer taper jig 
Some bending after steaming is ok 
Resteaming ash rib 
A bit too round? 
Rib morgue 
Gluing the cracks 
Saw goes boiiing 
Lashing 
Still lashing 
Done lashing 
Heavy oak bits 
New toys 
One less foot rib 
Footrest sawmarks 
Testing float bag 
Coaming steam tube 
Gluing coaming lip 
Pretty decent 
Drying the frame 
Lashings came loose 
What’s this doing here? 
Relashing 
Bug traces 
Kg 
Lbs… 
Use wood drill bits 
Gluing another coaming 
Frame dries in my living room 
Earth colors 
Moving to workshop 
Oiling the frame 
Waiting to dry 
Time for stitching 
Draping the cloth 
…with a view 
Last skeleton picture 
Heat knife cutting 
Stefan helps out… 
…until late 
First… 
…the back… 
…then… 
…the front. 
A few zigs… 
…zags… 
…and overhand stitches 
Et voilá 
Stitching almost done 
Stitch tight around coaming 
Make it double 
First layer of goop 
Goop… 
…ooop… 
…i doop 
Deck lines 
Toggles and lines 
Front 
Back 
Dry leather 
Saturated with oil 
Last one through 
#@&%! lines done 
Glueing screw holes 
Wet for the first time 
Floats 
Drying 
Some hi tech 
Shaping a reserve paddle 
Tried dirt color in the oil. Didn’t work. 
The smell of orange peel 
Winter camping is bulky 
Tapered dry bag 
Paddling with Calle 
Adjusting my new toy 
Here we go again 
Gunwhale knot feast 
New kayak… 
…much faster 
…but short days 
Laminating the masik… 
…and waiting 
Drawing a curve 
The cute bandsaw 
Now oak ribs 
Lower volume for my daughter 
Oak rib morgue 
Drying 
Masik quik 
Frame done in 5 days 
Oiling indoors 
My first tuiliq 
Dreaming 
Doing it 
New seat 
German cloth 
Waxed me twine I did 
Tightening up 
A zig and a zag 
How many stitches? 
Closing up 
Big holes fill with goop or glue later 
Still dreaming 
Make it simple 
Where is my axe? 
Split panels to fit limited fabric length 
Tapered cuff 
Hood 
Back to the workshop 
Ran out of goop 
Reused a cup 
All gooped up! 
Nose 
Deck strap 
Don’t color the coaming 
Tried a “spackel” 
Blabla bla 
2 tone 
Skärbräda 
Comparison of heights 
Inboard skeg, lower 
Similar coamings 
Earth tones 
Measuring for gloves 
A quick prototype 
Figuring out the stitches 
The panels 
Sewn together 
Test fit 
Could work! 
Another paddling day 
Invaluable deck line tool 
Making a bottle holder 
Seems to work 
Greenland style 
Pretty ok 
At home again 
Making the real gloves 
The ‘yak is bak! 
Some more paddling 
Tried leather strap 
Polyester is easier 
Cuff laces 
Sewing done 
Some wax chemistry 
And gooping 
Heat it 
Melt with iron 
And NOW I got fabric samples! 
Got kayak cloth from Poland, left 
Skinboats’ under the caliper, right 
Rocks hurt my stern, not ice
Living the dream 
Royal visit at the kayak club 
Elsa’s 21st birhday present
New Tuiliq hood lacing 
Holes and eylets take time 
Longer Tuiliq 
Preparing for allunaariaqattaarneq. Yeah. a18q 
Gauntlets 
Mixing materials 
Two jackets 
The long one… 
…was a little too long 
Tuck under for single handed lacing. This is a canvas fabric but actually resists water pretty well after treatment.
New paddle suit 
Tuiliq 
…and Farmer Johns
A “seal” drybag, waxed and ready to swim
A jacket for Greg 
And pogies
New jacket before waxing 
…and after
To be continued…