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Building kayaks on the East Coast

6/25/2007

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in June I flew to Maine to teach kayak building
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there were lots of big, weird moths
kayak building class
and we built some kayaks
bike and kayak on top of car
standard outfitting for the post modern adventurer, ready for a gasoline shortage, or a flood
kayaking demonstration
building kayaks and playing with kayaks
Greenland rolling a kayak
then south to New York for a quick paddle in the Graveyard of Ships, on Staten Islanda
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skin kayaks and decaying ships
kayaking a ship graveyard
then making kayaks in the Catskills
building the boat frame
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tying on the keel
Jen stops by for a quick paddle
paddling a skin-on-frame kayak
practicing Greenland rolls
practicing Greenland rolls
custom branded Greenland paddle
Rob gets the idea to brand his paddle with heated bailing wire, it looks cool
walking to the water with skin on frame boats
headed to the water to launch kayaks
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Martin said to me,  "the swan is very beautiful but I don't want to share my pond with a large agressive bird."
practicing Greenland rolling
the swan did not attack and we played with Greenland kayaks in the pond
wooden kayak meets skin-on-frame
meanwhile on the other side of the pond, a gorgeous cold molded wooden racer meets a very different type of skin-on-frame
snap dragon sprayskirt
little frogs prefer Snap Dragon spray skirts
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paddling
one day we meet up with the Great Hudson River Paddle,  a water fight with a local kayakers ensues
this is way neater than tough guys on dramatic expeditions

kayak waterfight
thirty-one fourteen-hour work days, and three days of camping, time to go home.
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    Brian Schulz

    An avid paddler, builder, and teacher, I'm passionate about sharing the strength, lightweight, and beauty of skin-on-frame boat building.

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