Happy new Year 2020 and all the best to you paddlers… Today I started the second boat using the same templates I created for the previous one. With starting the […]
The last weekend offered some hot and dry weather, so I took the risk and set up my paint booth outside in front of the garage. I hang the kayak […]
Yesterday was the BIG day – I glued the boat togehter. Put all your straps and long clamps in place! Plus all your venyl gloves and trusty Duct-Tape. You will […]
Beeing a seakayak, the boat needs sections and hatches. I bought the 20cm round hatches from kayak sport. For the form parts, that carries the hatches, I followed the usual […]
Building a seat for someone else is a bit different from something you would choose for yourself. It‘s getting more complex if the person is still growing. My daughter is […]
Tonight not only our big garden project reached a milestone (wall done, earth back in place) the Frej Kayak project also made a big step forward. BUT: Saftey first… For […]
Sunday, 17th of March 2019 Today I started stripping the Deck! 23rd of March 2019 I am not so fast as I could be. Jobwise and Studywise there is a […]
If you build a seakayak you might want to do multiday trips. Therefore you need access to your gear. And it is a good idea to divide the boat into […]
If you ever wanted to learn how traditional wooden boat building or yacht building is going to happen – follow and donate (?) the Tally Ho Project of English Boat […]
After attaching the sections to the strongback, I mangaged it to put the first three strips in place! Yeah! Wednesday, 2nd of January 2019 Sunday, 6th of January 2019 I […]
Yesterday I made the cutouts with the jigsaw. I bought extra blades for cutting through aluminum but they quickly got filled op with melted aluminum. The best blades where quick […]
Today I picked up the Aluminum Profile for the strongback. I decided to go for this Out-of-the-shelf solution to save myself a lot of time. Instead of building a straight […]
![Happy new Year 2020 and all the best to you paddlers… Today I started the second boat using the same templates I created for the previous one. With starting the […]](https://www.holzbootsbau.ch/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/img_1265-195x110.jpg "Frej 2 – New Boat started")
![The last weekend offered some hot and dry weather, so I took the risk and set up my paint booth outside in front of the garage. I hang the kayak […]](https://www.holzbootsbau.ch/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_0252-195x110.jpg "Frej – getting painted…")
![Yesterday was the BIG day – I glued the boat togehter. Put all your straps and long clamps in place! Plus all your venyl gloves and trusty Duct-Tape. You will […]](https://www.holzbootsbau.ch/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_0226-e1561109644173-195x110.jpg "Frej – Glueing it togehter")
![Beeing a seakayak, the boat needs sections and hatches. I bought the 20cm round hatches from kayak sport. For the form parts, that carries the hatches, I followed the usual […]](https://www.holzbootsbau.ch/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/img_0146-e1557332930144-195x110.jpg "Frej – Adding the hatches")
![Building a seat for someone else is a bit different from something you would choose for yourself. It‘s getting more complex if the person is still growing. My daughter is […]](https://www.holzbootsbau.ch/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/img_0062-195x110.jpg "Frej – Building the seat")
![Tonight not only our big garden project reached a milestone (wall done, earth back in place) the Frej Kayak project also made a big step forward. BUT: Saftey first… For […]](https://www.holzbootsbau.ch/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/img_0020-e1554755559943-195x110.jpg "Frej – Start glasing the Kayak")
![Sunday, 17th of March 2019 Today I started stripping the Deck! 23rd of March 2019 I am not so fast as I could be. Jobwise and Studywise there is a […]](https://www.holzbootsbau.ch/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/img_3335-e1552851436169-195x110.jpg "Frej – Stripping the Deck")
![If you build a seakayak you might want to do multiday trips. Therefore you need access to your gear. And it is a good idea to divide the boat into […]](https://www.holzbootsbau.ch/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/KS-Skeg-system-3-pro-Featured-image-195x110.png "Frej – Ordering Acessories")
![If you ever wanted to learn how traditional wooden boat building or yacht building is going to happen – follow and donate (?) the Tally Ho Project of English Boat […]](https://www.holzbootsbau.ch/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/racing-rig-454x500-195x110.jpg "Rebuild the Tally Ho – Tally what?")
![After attaching the sections to the strongback, I mangaged it to put the first three strips in place! Yeah! Wednesday, 2nd of January 2019 Sunday, 6th of January 2019 I […]](https://www.holzbootsbau.ch/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/img_3162-195x110.jpg "Frej – Stripping the Hull")
![Yesterday I made the cutouts with the jigsaw. I bought extra blades for cutting through aluminum but they quickly got filled op with melted aluminum. The best blades where quick […]](https://www.holzbootsbau.ch/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/img_3160-195x110.jpg "Frej – Fixing the Sections onto the Strongback")
![Today I picked up the Aluminum Profile for the strongback. I decided to go for this Out-of-the-shelf solution to save myself a lot of time. Instead of building a straight […]](https://www.holzbootsbau.ch/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/img_3116-195x110.jpg "Frej – First glimpse of the new Boat")