Building an Expedition Single

Pictures taken as I built a sea kayak

During the winter and spring of 1998 I built an Expedition Single. This a "strip built" wooden sea kayak. The wood used include western red cedar and northern white cedar. I've got a digital camera and I'm took pictures as I went. I worked on the boat evenings after work and I didn't get to it every day (or week). A typical day of work was 2 or 3 hours. Note: all the pages below contain several JPEG photographs and may take a while to load.

• Prior to January 23rd
• January 23rd
• January 28th
• January 31st
• February 1st
• February 13 and 14
• February 27
• February 28
• March 1
• March 7
• March 8
• March 10
• March 11
• March 13
• March 14
• March 16 and 17
• On March 20 I brought the partially completed boat to the Maine Boatbuilder's Show where we built most of a canoe. Pictures.
• April 7
• April 16
• April 17
• April 18
• The rest of April and May.

Acknowledgement: I would like to thank Michael Vermouth (owner of the Newfound Woodworks) for the use of his garage for this building project. All the wood strips I am using for this kayak are from the Newfound Woodworks.

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