38 reactions | Skin on Frame Canoe Build Time Lapse 8. . With the frame complete I drench it in oil, dry it off, and let it dry for a couple days. This isn’t a particularly interesting part of the process so mostly this video is just here to show all the steps and keep track of the time. . Oiling time: 65 min Total build time so far 30 hrs 50 min | Cape Falcon Kayak | Facebook

39K views · 82 reactions | Tom builds all the coamings for our...

Turn the sound on! I build a LOT of prototype kayaks but it’s very rare for me to land on a candidate for further development. This is one of them. To recap: I’ve been working for about 10 years on a kayak for self-support trips on rivers that have a lot of flat water but the occasional class III or even class IV rapid that can’t be portaged. This is prototype #8. This time I decided to throw out everything I’ve done before and combined the proven ergonomics and cargo spaces of the deck of my st

21K views · 106 reactions | Liz builds a skin on frame kayak. Part 2....

For centuries, skin-on-frame kayaks were more than boats - they were lifelines. Built by hand from bone, driftwood, and animal skin, they carried explorers, hunters, and travellers across vast, icy waters. Today, that legacy lives on - in every TRAK® folding kayak. Anyone who’s paddled both a hardshell and a skin-on-frame will tell you there’s something almost alive about it - feeling the water flex beneath your hull, seeing light ripple through the translucent skin, leaning into a stroke and se