Traditional Kayaks

• Aluet/Greenland Kayak History, Construction, and Paddle Design from the Artic Kayak web site.
• Compare - Skin on Frame with the modern kayak
• The process of steaming and installing ribs in a Greenland style kayak and bending a coaming.
• The Greenland Kayaking Forum is dedicated to kayaks and techniques based on the original kayakers in Greenland.
• Julio MacWilliams built the above Stitch and Glue as a wood and canvas.
• Paul "WA1URB" shows some of his techniques for building a skin on frame kayak.
• If you want to make a kayak on the cheap, check this out.
• The Baidarka page.

Betsy Bay
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