a central New Jersey (-)skin on frame kayak in the manner of East Greenland,

the frame and studio
18' 1.5" X 17.75"

depth to sheer, 6.75"

overall depth, 8.5"

28 lbs

bow, glue and pegged
stern, cool joinery

worth another look

missing a deck beam on the fore deck due to a miscount- whoops

oak masik, ribs

cypress gunwale, deckbeams, stringers, endpiece, keelson, chine substrate

ash caps on endpieces, chine capping

Many thanks to the R&D department including a lot of paddlers in Greenland, Richard Nonas, Harvey Golden, Peter Strand, Ray Killen, especially Phil Ellis for the initial guidance.

and the references from John Petersen, Mark Starr, and Chris Cunningham....

and the foibles and successes of the participants of the Qajaq USA forum.

stay tuned for the skinning....