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Step by step: Kayak building class photo documentary

8/25/2008

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Over the years I've begun each class by telling myself, "This time I'll photograph the whole process."  Usually I don't make it past the first day before I get absorbed in the teaching and forget the camera.  This week I kept my promise and got some good shots, perhaps not all the steps, but most of them.  All photos are from the July class, with the exception of one very special photo at the end, from the June class.  Enjoy.
Laying out the kayak gunwales
Building the kayak frame
Lashing the gunwales together
Building the kayak frame
Laying out deck beams on an F1 kayak
Building a kayak
Adding deck beams
Mortising the kayak
Building a skin on frame kayak
laying out the kayak ribs
steam bending kayak ribs
lashing on the kayak keel
building a cape falcon kayak
lashing on kayak stringers
building a kayak frame
building a skin on frame kayak
finishing an F1 kayak frame
adding foot braces to a kayak frame
oiling the boat frame
kayak frames and skins
skinning the boat
skinning a kayak
sewing on the kayak skin
stretching the kayak skin
skinning a kayak
adding the coming to a skin kayak
shrinking the kayak skin
assembling a skin boat
skin on frame kayaks in the shop
skin boats on the truck
paddling skin kayaks
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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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