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Skin on frame kayaks

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mullet:
And,, you forgot, they look great! That, is nice.

Tortoise:

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  That's really neat! After I finish up my bow in the works I'll look into making one of these. What is the skin from?

bowtarist:
cool boat!!  man I bet that's fun to paddle!!  8) 8) 8) dpgratz

Lee Slikkers:
Any books or plans either of you experienced makers can highly recommend for making one of these???  Many thanks~

Alpinbogen:
Tortoise/Lee, I used ballistic nylon fabric.  12oz weight on the first one and 8 oz on the latest.  I sealed both with a thick 2-part urethane resin that is squeegied over the skin.  I followed Cunningham's, "Building the Greenland Kayak" book for the most part, but used a more conventional stitching method, which I feel draws the skin tighter.  The skin on both sounds like a drum.  Zero problems with loose skin.  Skinboats.org sells the covering materials and has great tutorials (skinning especially).   Partial skinning job and flotation bag placement shown here.

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