Building the Greenland Kayak

<h3>Acknowledgments</h3><h3>Introduction</h3><h3>1. The Design</h3><h4>The Greenland Design as a Recreational Kayak</h4><h4>Anthropometric Measurement</h4><h3>2. Tools</h3><h4>Circular Saw Blades</h4><h4>Drill Bits</h4><h4>Keeping Your Tools Sharp</h4><h4>The Art of the Jig</h4><h4>The Steam Box</h4><h4>Safety</h4><h5>Wood Dust</h5><h5>Safety Glasses and Hearing Protection</h5><h5>On the Water</h5><h3>3. Materials</h3><h4>Wood</h4><h5>Grain Orientation</h5><h5>Bending Stock</h5><h4>Fabric</h4><h4>Deck Lines</h4><h4>Deck Fittings</h4><h3>4. Fastenings</h3><h4>Lashing Material</h4><h4>Knots and Lashings</h4><h5>The Eskimo Knot</h5><h5>The Water Knot</h5><h5>Lashings</h5><h4>Trunnels</h4><h3>5. Milling</h3><h4>Ripping</h4><h5>Ripping Gunwales to Thickness</h5><h5>Stationary Circular Saw Ripping Jig</h5><h5>Ripping on a Table Saw</h5><h4>Planing</h4><h5>Wedge Bench Holdfast</h5><h5>Machine Planing</h5><h4>Scarfing</h4><h5>Glue Scarfs</h5><h5>Traditional Scarf Joints</h5><h5>Hooked Scarfs for Chines and Keelson</h5><h3>6. Getting Started</h3><h4>Laying Out the Gunwales</h4><h4>Building Forms</h4><h3>7. The Framework</h3><h4>Orienting the Gunwales</h4><h4>Marking the Gunwales</h4><h4>Cutting Rib Mortises</h4><h5>Mortising by Hand</h5><h5>Mortise Machine</h5><h5>Router Mortising</h5><h4>Shaping the Gunwales</h4><h4>Cutting the Deck Beam Mortises</h4><h5>Mortising by Hand</h5><h5>Mortise Machine</h5><h4>Beveling the Gunwales</h4><h4>The Building Forms</h4><h4>Beveling the Gunwale Tips</h4><h4>Hollowing the Sheer</h4><h4>Preparing for Deck Beams</h4><h4>Straight Deck Beams</h4><h5>Cutting the Straight Deck Beams to Length</h5><h5>Marking the Tenons</h5><h4>Arched Deck Beams</h4><h4>Cutting Tenons</h4><h5>Cutting Tenons on Arched Deck Beams</h5><h5>Cutting Tenons on Straight Deck Beams</h5><h4>Test Fitting</h4><h4>An Alternative to Mortise-and-Tenon Joints for the Deck Beams</h4><h4>Assembling the Gunwales</h4><h4>Locking the Gunwales and Deck Beams</h4><h4>Trunnels to Join the Ends of the Gunwales</h4><h4>Pegging the Tenons</h4><h4>Deck Beam Lashings</h4><h3>8. The Hull</h3><h4>The Rib Gauge</h4><h4>Cutting Ribs to Size</h4><h4>Thinning the Ends of the Ribs</h4><h5>The Jointer</h5><h5>The Router Table</h5><h5>The Table Saw</h5><h5>Hand Tools</h5><h4>The Bending Jig</h4><h4>Steaming and Bending</h4><h4>Pinning the Ribs</h4><h4>Bow and Stern Blocks</h4><h4>Attaching the Keelson</h4><h5>Adjusting the Sheer and Rocker</h5><h5>Pegging the Keelson</h5><h5>Trimming the Ends of the Keelson</h5><h5>Centering the Keelson</h5><h5>Fairing Blocks</h5><h5>The Running Lashing</h5><h5>Running Lashings Through Holes</h5><h4>Chines</h4><h5>Positioning the Chines</h5><h4>Lashing the Chines</h4><h3>9. Finishing the Frame</h3><h4>Stem Plates</h4><h4>Masik</h4><h5>The Masik Pattern</h5><h5>Naturally Curved Stock</h5><h5>A Laminated Masik</h5><h5>Straight-Grained Stock</h5><h5>A 3-D Template for the Masik Notches</h5><h5>Installing the Masik</h5><h4>Deck Ridges</h4><h4>Trial Run</h4><h4>Oiling the Frame</h4><h4>The Cockpit Hoop</h4><h4>The Coaming Flange</h4><h4>Floorboards</h4><h3>10. Skinning the Kayak</h3><h4>Pulling Longitudinal Tension</h4><h4>Pulling Transverse Tension</h4><h5>Working Solo</h5><h5>Working with a Partner</h5><h4>The Decks</h4><h5>Stretching the Decks</h5><h4>Sewing</h4><h4>Installing the Coaming</h4><h5>Lacing the Coaming</h5><h4>Coatings</h4><h5>Aircraft Dope</h5><h5>Two-Part Urethane</h5><h3>11. Deck Fittings</h3><h4>Leather</h4><h4>Beads</h4><h4>Sliders</h4><h4>Deck-Line Placement</h4><h3>12. The Paddle</h3><h4>Laminating a Paddle Blank</h4><h4>Shaping the Paddle</h4><h4>Paddle Armor</h4><h4>Tapering the Blades</h4><h4>Rounding the Shaft</h4><h4>Trimming the Blade E