Qajaq and ixyaq building class

Yesterday I finished a great 8 days class with students from near and far. We built 4 touring ixyaq (baidarka) with hatches, Aleut style paddles and hatches. We also built 2 rolling qajaqs and a racing qajaq for the Greenland international qajaq competition this summer....and a childrens qajaq and a very beautiful ordinary south Greenland style qajaq for general purpose use.

Happy students and their proud teacher!

After class, we even had time to test the kayaks. demonstrated some wet exit safety techniques and we did some racing and rolling on the river :). Thanks to Roger and Vidar from Trondheim, Vidar and Jon David from Oslo, Erik from Sweden, Johan from USA and Jannie and Cecilie from Denmark! Big hugs to everyone and Happy paddling!