Skin on Frame Canoe Build Time Lapse 7. . With the frame mostly complete we are down to the finishing touches and cleanup work. Whether it’s a house or a boat, this is the time on any project where time starts to dilate in direct proportion to how little you have left to do. Anyone who’s ever built a small boat knows exactly what I’m talking about here. It’s like there’s a force field at the end of the project that doubles in intensity every time that you cut the distance in half. When I taught

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This is my skin on frame kayak de-watering and re-entry technique. I can do this in a medium volume Greenland kayak in mild conditions, and in one of my modern kayaks in moderately rough conditions. . To make this work you need either the buoyancy from a dry suit or a high-volume PFD, and a kayak that weighs less than 40 pounds. . Normally there would never be this much water in the kayak but the general plan here is to turn the boat on its side and dump the water out through the cockpit. The tr

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