Building a West Greenland Kayak, Step by Step
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- Опубліковано 28 сер 2024
- In this visual overview of the skin on frame kayak building process we construct our West Greenland kayak design. Only slightly adapted from the original museum kayak, I've chosen to focus on this particular kayak over the years because it is surprisingly user friendly compared to most true arctic hunting kayaks. Historic kayaks add richness and diversity to my paddling lifestyle and constantly inform my modern skin on frame kayak design work.
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A quick note, Due to COVID I wasn't able to get video of the kayak in the video on the water, so I tacked on an edit from a rolling session a few years ago. Enjoy!
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Words are not enough to describe how much I appreciate your craftsmanship, not only in making kayaks, but also the video is beautifully edited
My first time Kayaking and this Kayak held strong. ua-cam.com/users/postUgkx4k5UrhC3v_Y4hIEaXLGvHcN5a5aBmZNB The water got pretty rough as a speed boat zipped by me, and the Kayak withstood it (I expected to be capsized). The Ores are very easy to put together, the pump worked beautifully. the seats are a bit hard to sit in after a while (I recommend sitting on the floor). after reading the reviews I was very scared it'd get a hole in it, the material is very strong and durable. The Air valve may need a small Phillips head screwdriver to adjust, other than that, it's well worth the money!(update)I've gone Kayaking in 3 Lakes and 2 rivers totaling about 40 miles. the kayak had two holes and they patched easily and no other problems can't wait for kayaking season this year!
WOW! What an absolutely gorgeous kayak; in 1924, when my Dad was just 20 years old, he was offered the position of Wireless Operator on a Canadian
Government Expedition aboard the CGS Arctic, a sail AND coal powered wooden ship that was mastered by Captain Joseph E. Bernier, a venerable and
long time explorer on behalf of Canada. During the 3 month trip my Dad got a chance to try out an Inuit-made kayak, exactly like your kayak, at Pond Inlet
and after his successful paddle he was presented with a beautiful hand-made 26" model with all the fittings, which I now cherish in memory of his trip......he LOVED the Far North!
Hey, thank you for sharing this with me. It means a lot to hear this story.
The pleasure and joy of building and or making things with a person own hands 🧡, is beyond my ability to express
Beautiful job and I have never seen anyone purposely try to capsize before but twas done with the utmost grace and elegance bravo good sir 🧐
For those who are able to see and appreciate the beauty of fine craftsmanship they need go no further than this. I have the highest respect for this kind of endeavour; it combines knowledge skill and TLC to culminate in a craft which is a joy to behold, and, I don't doubt to use.
I would like to make some general comments, and to express some personal views and prejudices.
I was amazed at how the hull frames, bent by a combination of hand and eye were able to be formed with such exactitude that they could be assembled in a ' fair ' shape, that is without humps and hollows when the stringers were attached.
I admired the way in which modern techniques were applied to the time -honoured manner deriving from the original Inuit techniques. That however stopped short as I saw the use of fibreglass cloth, followed by the liberal use of of synthetic resins. I did like the way it was sewn - again a retention of original techniques. One assumes that these modern materials are used as a result of the lack of availability of raw seal skin ! But in my opinion it would have been more desirable to use materials not so far from the original and ones which aren't potential health risks to the builders.
All this should make us respect the more the earlier Inuit who did all this with animal bone and drift wood, working without the benefit of power tools, and with the most rudimentary cutting tools probably working on an open beach.
It was most appropriate that the piece should end with a demonstration of how kayaks are intended to be used. That is by a highly skilled pilot who needs a highly manoeuvrable craft able to chase his nimble prey. It is not inappropriate to compare these craft with modern-day fighter aircraft which are designed to fly an a knife-edge of stability, computer controlled, which is the only way that they can be operated to do the job for which they both kayak and aircraft, are required..
As I understand it is not fibreglass. Either nylon or Dacron, probably Dacron as he heat shrunk it. The coating probably two part flexible polyurethane.
But yes amazing skill. For a beginner to get such a fair shape can’t be easy.
My first SOF Kayak was a resurrection of a "Crossbreed" originally made in New Brunswick, Canada. Learned so much just from this video, I am likely to try another SOF Kayak in the future. The kayak rolls we breath taking and executed at a level and calmness that made me watch that segment over and over.
All it takes to create one of the most seaworthy craft ever invented it to cut the chamfer in the ends of the two main strakes, tie them firmly and force apart with stringers. That’s your master design shape. It’s all in that chamfer. Absolutely Miraculous.
That is a beautiful Kayak, built to perfection. I love seeing people who create magnificent builds like these. It is a sense of therapy as well as admiration.
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Wonderful. Nice example of how to build a greenland kayak. Of course you make it look easy.
It really is easy, the reason I’m a skin boat builder is because I don’t have the patience or the skill for other types of boat building.
Looks to be as stable as a 3 legged stool. Glad he kept popin back upright. Sure is a beautiful piece.
Wow you just took my creativeness to a much lower level
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It is a pleasure to see a craftsman at work!
Your workshop is in good order. It's nice to see that. You are good at what you are doing. I wish you success and creativity.
Plucked it out of the drink with one hand. Nice 'n light. Great work.
Wow wish we can start building like that once again, most of the alaskan native way is almost gone. I planed to bring back the old ways of life we yupiks know. Need to know more about the ways to help my people get to know each others better and start to bring back the good old days.
They say the master of carpentry is to make violin I changed my mind;! excellent workmanship;!
amazing very thorough work, I am a boat builder very amazed by your way, very good work🇮🇩
This is ART, mate. Congrats !
One fine paddler demonstrating the kayak .Wish you had gotten an underwater video of his rolls.
Me encantó! Es un Duos Ese SEÑOR haciendo esa embarcación! Yo soy artesano y me.ciento como Duos cuando hago artesanía! Por eso reconozco la labor de este sr! Gracias!
Maayo ang ubra mo nga baroto.interesado ako
Fascinating, a beautiful kayak. Watching the rolls brought back boyhood memories.
I'm back again with MAJOR kudos to you for such an outstanding 'build', beautifully videoed AND audioed; just a GEM of a presentation!
I owned a 16' Peterborough-built cedar strip canoe for over 40 years, but your stunning kayak is light-years beyond it in both construction AND beauty.
Tadaan
Thank you
Wah sangat bagus patut di coba ini torialnyaa salam dri Indonesia Jawa Timur lumajang
Вот это да! Нет слов, ШИКАРНО!!!!!!! BRAVO!
Love the craftsmanship. A work of art.
Ooh doggy, that is the sweetest video I’ve seen all year. That guy is on another level, he’s part man, part kayak. I’m surprised the Greeks haven’t adopted him and created a Deity. Sir, you are a true craftsman, sending regards and best wishes from Essex GB. Stay groovy.
Wow!! This guy is amazing. He's a craftsman and an athlete. This was pure pleasure to watch. Thank you!!
I'm amazing also. I just cant do that lol
man but you are great artist. it is artwork! amasing
Дуже гарне відео,від створення до іспитів.Thank you.
Ein wunderbares Video von einem Bootbau-Künstler. Von jetzt an sehe ich solche Boote in einem anderen Licht. Super, danke vielmals für diese Einsicht in dieses Handwerk.
What mastery. Thank you for sharing this video. I made a Chesapeake Bay 17 foot kayak out of stitched lauan plywood and epoxied fibreglass in 1998 but yours is a true tribute to the Inuit people who invented kayaks for hunting to survive. Your West Greenland model is the finest I have seen retaining most of the original traditional methods of building the frame and skinning it albeit with modern fibreglass instead of seal skin. You tinted the fibreglass to resemble the seal skin and sized it to fit you like a glove. Your rolling the kayak was truly awesome and almost artistic. And your pants were dry when you got out. How perfect is that.
Sir, you are an artist!
Not taking anything away from him and his skill, but this is craftsmanship, not art, albeit the boat is beautiful.
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This is art in its purest form, deep respect!!!
Excellente vidéo de démonstration de la construction d'un canoé fait main sur mesure, de l'art, il faut du temps de la Patience et de la volonté très beau projet il faut aussi un local pour travailler convenablement !
Mais ,il sera solide car vous utilisez du tissu de verre de la résine et du rowing etc.
.vous avez effectué un excellent travail une fois fini .à partager avec tous les personnes qui pratiquent du canoé.
Félicitations.
Wow wow is all I can say I am a kayaker also fantastic workmanship till you take pride and your work and you should thanks for posting
What a super little film thank you..
Muy hermoso tu arte saludos y ojalá nunca se pierda
Wow. What a great little surprise at the end! That was awesome!
Wow, the kayak is poetry and the music exquisite.
I watched the full Video.
I think it's therapy, mixed w/passion + good instructions. Love the Design.
What a beautiful boot! My compliments!
Great video Brian.
You make it look so easy. So I'm saving this as encouragement for when I'll get bogged down making mine.
i find this so calming and pleasing to watch. i want to build this now
Danish Oil fantastic not a boat builder but gona try its a gift for my son
Those rolls were like dance and almost meditative.
Beautiful craftsmanship.
Magnifique ! Très beaux savoir-faire... tradition et passion. Merci pour cette très belle transmission avec nous !
great work and very a nice music ..
The last part was startling, somersaulting I thought it was a mannequin. I really like your work
Nice kayak and truly bizarre roll technique. Have whitewater kayaked (and C1) all over the country and saw some people out west who did that lay back thing. Hard on the body.
What else is there to say than WOW! What a fantastic beautiful creation!
ذ دم أن واق مع شوق من و تو
@@user-do7ph3lm4y Great job, thanks for the great motivational videos, I decided to make content on woodworking and I did it thanks to you!
Une merveille ! Bravo au constructeur...
Wonderfull craftmanship! Beautiful!
Sir, your work is amazing, I want to do a similar craft in Siberia, according to my observations, people began to get involved in kayaking. Thank you for the detailed videos, best wishes, Mikhail.
Wow wow wow first time seeing . Marvellous workmanship sir.
ははははははまrヴぇぉうs
I hope to build it up as soon as quickly.
Astonished by your art sir, both as craftsmanship and as roller. Well done 👍
De la patience et de la précision, belle pièce !!! Bravo
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Крутой дядька, класс , особенно перевороты в воде.
A thing of beauty that you made brilliant such skill thank you.
Beautifully done
amazing video
Apa cuman saya yg pake bahasa indonesia ya....🤣🤣🤣🤣 keren sekaleeeee ist the best pokoke sucses sllu...🙏🙏
0:37 this angle right get there is what scrapped my kayak build. I put it off and put it off and could never get it right. Brilliant solution
Приятно смотреть как отдыхает с увлеченно прекрасным делом !
Great to watch.
Learned a few techniques that will be useful for the future, if I can remember them. What was the material that you used to cover it with?
The finished kayak is a thing of beauty. There's a saying, ''If it looks right, it probably is right!'' It must certainly apply to this kayak.
I constructed my first 14' Kayak in my mothers front bedroom, when I was about 14, from a paperback book of plans, printed in 1944, the year I was born, and in French. (I could not read French)
The materials were scrap leftover roofing lattes, and bits of floorboards, scrounged from new council estate being built, and canvas and screws, that my father scrounged from work in a ships chandlers. I had to cut the 14' lattes lengthwise, with a 10'' pruning saw, all I had.
My mate copied mine, and we spent a week canoeing/camping down the Thames, from Oxford to Putney with them. I used tent proofing to seal my canvass. It leaked! (Slowly)
My mate used cement proofing, his didnt, but the canvass lost its flexibility.
I sold mine to my local scout troop, about 3 years later, for what it cost me to build; (about £5, which was about a weeks pay for a labourer then.)!
They intended to use it for slalom practice, but it was so stable, that you'd fall out of it before it would turn over. It was 36'' wide, but only needed 3'' of water to float clear, with my 15 year old, 150lb bum in it.
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As you didn't receive a reply to your query, I believe that the cloth used is Kevlar. Definitely something synthetic, as you couldn't cut it with the hot element if it were canvas.
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Thanks.
You are truly a genius. I really admire and enjoy watching your channel. Thank you very much...!!!
MORE THEN AWESOME . !!!
Sei uno con le palle complimenti
Great job, thanks for the great motivational videos, I decided to make content on woodworking and I did it thanks to you!
Beautifully crafted....I am as well impressed by the ease of your eskimo roll.
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Gorgeous!
He is really talented, admirable
What awesome craftsmanship!! A utube video worth watching.
Un Crack Genio, Felicitaciones desde AGENTINA
Amazing vidio tutorial membuat kapal👍
I loved the video thanks for sharing a greeting from Latin America
I've watched others build skin on frames and they seem boring, now watching your videos on how to build I like especially since I crave knowledge
Thanks for sharing this video. Beautiful craftmanship.
Astonishing.
Wow amaizing
Muy buena construcción LO FELICITO FESDE FORMOSA ARGENTINA es usted un genio
Hai sodaraku luar biasa bagus sekali teknik pembuatan canoe nya izin belajar sodaraku❤❤🎉🎉🎉
Simply Brilliant - Wonderful work
Amazing build followed by some impressive paddle skills
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Absolutely amazing! The craftsmanship is superlative. I'm an amateur boatbuilder, but I just do stitch and glue or chine log method. This is definitely above my pay grade! Also I really like the music; what and who is it?
Not at all, this is wayyy easier than stitch and glue. This is a 60hr build and the woman in the video had never built one before. Two years ago a 12 year old girl built one and did everything herself but the tablesaw work. You can see her build on our site on the Student Builds page!
Gostei da publicação valeu professor
nice job good roll and balance outstanding
Wow! Beautiful and amazing works good job! The best DIY kayak
A seriously cool video and a class piece of artisanship for a super duper kayak!!
Very good technical & function.Well done sir 👌✨
It's a new Olympic event! Tumble Kayak
9:05 I loved Your Croc step 🤗🤗🤣😂😂🤣😂😁😁🤭🤭
Amazing kayak
Excellent! I was reading George Dyson's book about his father's atom bomb powered space ship and he compares space exploration to kayak building, which left me scratching my head, but it all makes sense!
C’est juste magique! Ça donne envie, et quel savoir-faire! Good job! Congratulations from 🇫🇷
Amazing video...very interesting.
Luar biasa, kerja yang sangat rapi indah dan teliti. Dan hasilnya sungguh luar biasa, sangat memperhatikan keamanan pemakainya 👍👍
Something interesting that I learned in the Anchorage Museum one day in 2015: modern science has been unable to improve on the Eskimo kayak. It is perfect.
You haven’t seen the f1 yet.
@@AaronBrand No doubt it is the pinnacle of modern technology. I simply related something which I thought was interesting that I learned one day in the Anchorage Museum.
@@MarsFKA it’s absolutely true, though. Thousands of years of trial and error have produced amazingly well engineered designs. It’s the desired capabilities that will dictate how a design might change. A Greenland-style paddle is another example of a lasting design that functions as well as (and for some functions better than) more modern designs.
Paddling is fun; I hope you get a chance to try it!
A great Artist and a treasure make !