Hi Folks,
I am currently working in the Western Sahara (Tarfaya) on the biggest wind farm in Africa. I will be based here at least until September 2014. To keep my boredom down to a manageable level I started building Tom Yost's Nikumi with clear vinyl skin. At the moment I have around two days worth of work before I can skin her.
This hobby of mine has stirred quite a bit of interest in the neighbours. Crazy Portuguese building a kayak in the desert!!!!
I have spoken to a few of my colleagues and we want to start a workshop/school to teach the local kids how to build kayaks that they can enjoy in the sea. BTW Tarfaya is a coastal town. :) Follow the link to a short video of the town taken from the roof top of our hotel: http://youtu.be/52nCtTJdEyE
We have literally tons of timber on site that will be freely available to us for the project. Most other materials are extremely hard to find due to the remoteness of the location. Fibreglass and epoxy will be the hardest to get our hands on.
My question is: what would you folks out there suggest as quick and easy kayaks that can be built with limited resources so that I can teach the kids to build. I was thinking along the lines of Yost's SeaBea. Any other suggestions????
All suggestions welcome