The kayak hull temporarily located within its new home.
A pulley hoist will be rigged up this week to allow the kayak to be quickly raised and lowered for its ongoing construction.
Work bench with a view.
Setting out the critical dimensions on the paddle blanks.
The paddle blade ends will be formed from this section of laminated Spotted Gum - an exceptional hardwood from Australia's east coast. As the paddle will not be needed to break through floe ice an end-profile is being considered which will differentiate this design from its Greenland antecedents.
And this whale bone that I found 4 months ago at Valla will be sawn up to see if the internal bone material is still strong enough to be integrated with the paddle ends.
