Canvasing a wooden kayak frame

[kholley]

I'm trying to find any information about recanvasing a greenland style kayak frame that was given to me.

[Andrew J. McGrorty]

wood and canvas kayak building by george putz amazon.com about $13.00 plus the usual shipping and handling.
i think george carlin said " what's this handling? i don't want anybody handling the stuff i am buying".

anyway the book goes through the whole process of building a wood and canvas kayak.
plenty of information about covering materials and technique. andy

[Paul Scheuer]

- - Seal skin ! ;)

Or you might check with the FOLBOT people. The rigid Folbot has a fabric/ plastic skin that is much more durable than painted canvas (also much heavier).

[Matt Middleton]

Here's a website with some info: http://home.att.net/~jimcoburn/

You might find more info here: http://www.boat-links.com/linklists/boatlink-27.html#skin

Good luck with the project, and take pictures to share!

matt

[Wiley Baggins]

You might want to take a look at this book,

Building Skin-on-Frame Boats
by Robert Morris, Edward R. Turner (Illustrator),

available from the WoodenBoat Store.

[Norske3]

Yup...the book by Putz....the whole story is there.

[nedL]

Much easier than it looks. Piece of cake! My dad & I built one 25 years ago & I picked this one up at our town dump about 5 years ago and rebuilt it for my daughter. Use stainless steel staples & two - three coats of oil based paint and you are all set.
Seriously, if you are at all comfortable doing things yourself you don't need a book for this job (of course books like this are always nice to have). If you kave any questions I'll be glad to answer them if I can.
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid11/p7913468e055bedda58459b6b2da3301a/fe126879.jpg
imagestation album (http://www.imagestation.com/album/?id=4292188785)

[ 09-03-2002, 09:45 AM: Message edited by: nedL ]

[Mike Field]

I agree with Ned -- nothing much to it.

Two pieces of canvas, one each for the hull and deck. Turn the frame upside-down, tack along the keelson from the centre to each end, stretching as you go. Then turn her rightside-up, stretch and tack on the inside of the gunwale, starting at the point of widest beam and working side to side and fore and aft bit by bit.

Deck goes on across everything, tacked to the outside of the gunwales. Then cockpit opening is cut out and the edges tacked to the coaming framing.

End pieces cut and tucked to fit over bow and stern (everything slathered with paint,) and finally rubbing strakes fixed covering the deck to hull join, a coaming to cover the cockpit cutout join, and a full-length keel (and bilge keels) to protect the bottom.

[ 09-05-2002, 01:48 PM: Message edited by: Mike Field ]