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Skin on Frame Kayak

comments (0) July 27th, 2009 in The Gallery     
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Ribs of a traditional built skin on frame kayak
Full frame of kayak before covering it with the polyester skin
Detail of the cockpit area before installing the skin.
Cockpit after applying the skin
The finished boat
Ribs of a traditional built skin on frame kayak

Ribs of a traditional built skin on frame kayak
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This kayak was built using the traditional Greenland Inuit form of a wooden frame with bent ribs. The long stringers are Alaskan yellow cedar, the ribs are white oak, and the stems are pine. The frame is lashed with nylon "artificial sinew" and pegged with birch dowels. The skin is polyester coated with a two-part polyurethane. Deck lines are leather with maple sliders.


Design or Plan used: My own design - Skin on Frame Petrel
posted in: The Gallery, pine, white oak, kayak, boat, skin on frame, steam bent, Inuit, greenland, polyester
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