Traditionally, this would have been covered in seal skin, however the point of the construction in this case was to build the boat using materials at hand. The idea was that a good boat would be the result of a design suited to the water and materials sourced to the region. Clubbing seals or shooting polar bears in Southern Ontario wasn't really an option. Now if I were building it up north, that would be a whole different story.
@datzfast i figured! there are some really interesting older wodden aircraft designs out there. the mosquito was one where they had no frame, but was a stressed birch-balsa plywood monocoque. I think they used a doped cotton for the skin on the wing.
@mgarforth ah, yes i am very familiar with mosquito bomber construction. interesting note about that aircraft. the glue used could also be dried with microwaves and was thus radar absorbing. and with the addition of charcoal to the glue the effect was even more pronounced.
I know. I couldn't figure out how to compress the video and keep the clarity of the images. They are originally high res so I need to perhaps redo the video with a better compression. This kayak isn't actually too light cause I used a pretty heavy wood, knowing that it would be taken over some pretty rough terrain. It's just under 30 lbs (13kg if you're metric)
hocus pocus wherz da focus LOL
eckyspondoolie 1 year ago
Focus! Focus!
Blue5Zulu 2 years ago
I know. As I said below, it's a compression issue and I haven't had the time to try and find a good codec to upload to utube.
mgarforth 2 years ago
@mgarforth just upload the original. Don't compress it first.
BeeRich33 1 year ago
@BeeRich33 when I have time I'll try that. When I originally uploaded this video, youtube wouldn't accept a video with a large file size.
mgarforth 1 year ago
why not cover it in traditinal polar bear urinary bladders.
datzfast 2 years ago
@datzfast
Traditionally, this would have been covered in seal skin, however the point of the construction in this case was to build the boat using materials at hand. The idea was that a good boat would be the result of a design suited to the water and materials sourced to the region. Clubbing seals or shooting polar bears in Southern Ontario wasn't really an option. Now if I were building it up north, that would be a whole different story.
mgarforth 2 years ago
@datzfast yea i was just joking, but, im in the same boat so to speak, the best i cam do would be foreskins.
any way i was watching because the building techniques result in strong lightweight structures such as aircraft
datzfast 2 years ago
@datzfast i figured! there are some really interesting older wodden aircraft designs out there. the mosquito was one where they had no frame, but was a stressed birch-balsa plywood monocoque. I think they used a doped cotton for the skin on the wing.
mgarforth 2 years ago
@mgarforth ah, yes i am very familiar with mosquito bomber construction. interesting note about that aircraft. the glue used could also be dried with microwaves and was thus radar absorbing. and with the addition of charcoal to the glue the effect was even more pronounced.
datzfast 2 years ago
where do you get the wood strips for this?
porpoisefathom 2 years ago
i like the master and commander soundtrack
geoff1188 3 years ago
b e a u tiful
mikedarrow 3 years ago
sorry could only give three stars as pictures are slightly grainy, but great kayaks the3y must be very light
bogsdolics 4 years ago 3
I know. I couldn't figure out how to compress the video and keep the clarity of the images. They are originally high res so I need to perhaps redo the video with a better compression. This kayak isn't actually too light cause I used a pretty heavy wood, knowing that it would be taken over some pretty rough terrain. It's just under 30 lbs (13kg if you're metric)
mgarforth 2 years ago