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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 […]

Frej 2 – New Boat started

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 […]

Frej – getting painted…

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 […]

Frej – Glueing it togehter

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 […]

Frej – Adding the hatches

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 […]

Frej – Building the seat

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 […]

Frej – Start glasing the Kayak

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 […]

Frej – Stripping the Deck

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 […]

Frej – Ordering Acessories

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 […]

Rebuild the Tally Ho – Tally what?

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 […]

Frej – Stripping the Hull

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 […]

Frej – Fixing the Sections onto the Strongback

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 […]

Frej – First glimpse of the new Boat

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 […]