We may earn commissions if you shop through the links below. Mystic Seaport Museum’s North Greenland kayak appears in Mark Starr’s Building a Greenland Kayak. Starr notes that Admiral Byrd, an Arctic explorer collected the kayak. He thinks it might have been during the 1925 MacMillan expedition to northwest Greenland. This kayak is much different than other kayaks that I’ve drawn. It has a flat bottom, which results from the use of three-part ribs instead of a single bent rib. It’s sides almost rise steeply from the chine to the sheer. The cockpit area looks like a bubble that rises high in a short distance. The turn of the rear stem seems subtle and almost non-existent. For a cedar strip kayak builder, I think there are real challenges in duplicating the look of the cockpit; cedar doesn’t like to twist like that. Specifications Join REI and Earn $30 towards your next gear purchase. Length: 19 feet Width: 21-3/4 inches Subscribe to Blog via Email Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. Email Address Subscribe Kayak and Canoe Building Books Buy one of these books to learn how to build a boat from these free kayak plans. The Strip-Built Sea Kayak: Three Rugged, Beautiful Boats You Can Build: If you only buy one book, then buy this one. Building Strip-Planked Boats: Contains updates to lots of the techniques found in The Strip-Built Sea Kayak. Kayakcraft: Fine Woodstrip Kayak Construction: Some really good ideas. For more, check out my canoe and kayak building books review. Get the Drawing Package The drawing package includes the full-sized study plan and each station and stem drawn separately on a PDF that prints full sized on ARCH D size paper (nestings). You can cut these out and glue them to plywood to cut full-sized forms. A pdf of the electronic drawing package. is available for this kayak. You can print the file on 24- by 36-inch paper on your own. Click to get the drawing package Free Kayak Plans Downloads The free kayak plans come as a pdf (free Adobe Reader required to view) that you can print off at photocopy stores. Mystic Seaport Museum North Greenland Kayak