Boat Building Forum

Find advice on all aspects of building your own kayak, canoe or any lightweight boats

Re: Strip: Hello, and a question
By:Mike Bielski
Date: 7/13/2014, 1:49 am
In Response To: Re: Strip: Hello, and a question (Bill Hamm)

I completely agree with you. I think anyone can build a strip kayak- although some designs are easier than others for someone with little or no woodworking experience. There is, for the most part, one single operation repeated over and over. If you start on the hull, anyone will be pretty good by the time they get to the deck. I actually think that if you are building a traditional SOF with steam-bent mortised ribs and through-tenons, a strip kayak is easier to build from a woodworking standpoint, but then you have the fiberglass of a strip kayak, and that's another thing altogether.

I have worked professionally doing woodwork, so I have different standards for my personal work. That's my thing.

I was working with Maligiaq skinning a kayak a while back, and I was having trouble getting the seam started. He uses a different technique than I've ever seen in a book or in person, and it was different from what I had done before. My seam wandered off crooked, and he took it out and showed me again. His advice was: "don't worry about it, you'll get it. You just need to do a few hundred stitches. Starting it is the hard part." Same thing. We'll see how I do going solo tomorrow... I'll post something now that I can post a photo directly to the forum.

m

Messages In This Thread

Strip: Hello, and a question
Paul Russell -- 7/7/2014, 10:37 am
Hello, and a question
Paul Russell -- 7/7/2014, 11:17 am
Re: Strip: Hello, and a question
Rob Macks/Laughing Loon CC&K -- 7/7/2014, 11:56 am
Re: Strip: Hello, and a question
John Messinger -- 7/7/2014, 12:24 pm
Re: Strip: Hello, and a question
Marc Upchurch -- 7/7/2014, 1:13 pm
Re: Strip: Hello, and a question
JohnAbercrombie -- 7/7/2014, 1:10 pm
Re: Strip: Hello, and a question
Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 7/7/2014, 4:38 pm
Re: Strip: Hello, and a question
JohnAbercrombie -- 7/7/2014, 6:52 pm
Re: Strip: Hello, and a question
JohnAbercrombie -- 7/7/2014, 7:05 pm
Re: Strip: Hello, and a question
Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 7/8/2014, 12:52 pm
Re: Strip: Hello, and a question
JohnAbercrombie -- 7/8/2014, 1:09 pm
Re: Strip: Hello, and a question
Bill Hamm -- 7/10/2014, 8:19 am
Re: Strip: Hello, and a question
John van burden -- 7/7/2014, 1:25 pm
Re: Strip: Hello, and a question
Paul Davies. -- 7/7/2014, 3:50 pm
Hello, and a question
Paul Russell -- 7/7/2014, 4:17 pm
Re: Hello, and a question
Bill Hamm -- 7/8/2014, 12:11 am
Re: Hello, and a question
John van burden -- 7/8/2014, 8:43 am
Re: Strip: Hello, and a question
Mike Bielski -- 7/8/2014, 9:36 am
Re: Strip: Hello, and a question
John Faas -- 7/8/2014, 1:08 pm
Re: Strip: Hello, and a question
John van burden -- 7/8/2014, 1:41 pm
Re: Strip: Hello, and a question
Etienne Muller -- 7/8/2014, 1:32 pm
Re: Strip: Hello, and a question
Mike Bielski -- 7/9/2014, 7:38 am
Re: Strip: Hello, and a question
Rob Macks/Laughing Loon CC&K -- 7/9/2014, 9:10 pm
Re: Strip: Hello, and a question
Mike Bielski -- 7/9/2014, 11:34 pm
Re: Strip: Hello, and a question
Rob Macks/Laughing Loon CC&K -- 7/10/2014, 10:29 am
Re: Strip: Hello, and a question
Mike Bielski -- 7/10/2014, 11:12 am
Re: Strip: Hello, and a question
Rob Macks/Laughing Loon CC&K -- 7/10/2014, 12:32 pm
Re: Strip: Hello, and a question
Mike Bielski -- 7/10/2014, 12:49 pm
Re: Strip: Hello, and a question
Paul Davies. -- 7/10/2014, 3:58 pm
Re: Strip: Hello, and a question
Etienne Muller -- 7/10/2014, 4:33 pm
Re: Strip: Hello, and a question
Rob Macks/Laughing Loon CC&K -- 7/10/2014, 5:37 pm
Re: Strip: Hello, and a question
Bill Hamm -- 7/13/2014, 12:55 am
Re: Strip: Hello, and a question
Mike Bielski -- 7/13/2014, 1:49 am
Hello, and a question
Paul Russell -- 7/8/2014, 3:58 pm
Re: Hello, and a question
Bill Hamm -- 7/9/2014, 1:20 am
Re: Hello, and a question
Marc Upchurch -- 7/9/2014, 10:47 am
Re: Hello, and a question
John Faas -- 7/9/2014, 6:07 pm
Re: Hello, and a question
scottbaxter -- 7/9/2014, 11:19 pm
Hello, and a question
Paul Russell -- 7/10/2014, 10:39 am
Re: Hello, and a question
JohnAbercrombie -- 7/10/2014, 12:06 pm
Hello, and a question
Paul Russell -- 7/10/2014, 12:22 pm
Re: Hello, and a question
JohnAbercrombie -- 7/10/2014, 12:45 pm
Hello, and a question
Paul Russell -- 7/10/2014, 12:56 pm
Re: Hello, and a question
Marc Upchurch -- 7/10/2014, 1:21 pm
Re: Hello, and a question
JohnAbercrombie -- 7/10/2014, 1:27 pm
Re: Hello, and a question
Marc Upchurch -- 7/10/2014, 2:53 pm
Re: Hello, and a question
JohnAbercrombie -- 7/10/2014, 4:54 pm
Re: Hello, and a question
Marc Upchurch -- 7/10/2014, 5:23 pm
Re: Hello, and a question
JohnAbercrombie -- 7/10/2014, 6:54 pm
Re: Hello, and a question
JohnAbercrombie -- 7/10/2014, 1:21 pm
Re: Hello, and a question
Marc Upchurch -- 7/10/2014, 2:57 pm
Re: Hello, and a question
John Faas -- 7/14/2014, 1:39 pm
Re: Hello, and a question
JohnAbercrombie -- 7/14/2014, 2:35 pm
Re: Hello, and a question
JohnAbercrombie -- 7/10/2014, 1:00 pm
Re: Hello, and a question *PIC*
Etienne Muller -- 7/10/2014, 4:44 pm
Re: Hello, and a question
JohnAbercrombie -- 7/10/2014, 5:04 pm
Re: Hello, and a question
Etienne Muller -- 7/10/2014, 6:14 pm
Re: Hello, and a question
JohnAbercrombie -- 7/10/2014, 10:18 pm
Re: Hello, and a question
Dan Thaler -- 7/11/2014, 6:02 am
Re: Hello, and a question
ancient kayaker -- 7/12/2014, 8:06 pm
Re: Hello, and a question
Etienne Muller -- 7/13/2014, 10:02 am
Re: Strip: Hello, and a question
Donovan -- 7/14/2014, 4:03 pm
Hello, and a question
Paul Russell -- 7/15/2014, 12:02 pm
Re: Hello, and a question
Donovan -- 7/18/2014, 9:20 pm