Modern kayaks use a variety of materials and construction techniques: kevlar, fiberglass, and plastic are the most common. But before all this, people built kayaks from skin stretched over wood frames. We lovingly call these “skin on frame” even though we use nylon instead of skin. Not as messy as killing a seal and tanning its hide.
OOPS, the kayak club I belong to, received a donation of a lovely 16’ skin-on-frame boat, which we will auction off at our Jan 29 Open House.
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