The day has finally come to launch the skin-on-frame kayak.
This started two years ago, when I first drew up the plans, since everything I found on the internet for skin-on-frame were single kayaks. Daphney wanted a tandem, so drafting was the only way. I modeled it after drawings of some fast tandems and tested buoyancy and stability curves on software. The project had fits and starts, partly due to my schedule as well as motivation. Thankfully, I had a covered section of the house where I could leave the project in progress.
The stringers were made from fir strips I had cut out with my table saw. I lashed the pieces together with artificial sinew and wrapped the kayak in ballistic nylon coated with two-part polyurethane.
Finally, the Greenland-style paddles were made from scrap pieces of wood and coated with pure tung oil.
