West Greenland Kayak Build Timelapse 9: adding deck lines and seating. Total build time on this kayak, about 44 hours. . Rigging the deck lines is always my least favorite part of the kayak building process. I pull 3/8” wide English bridle leather straps through progressively smaller holes to stretch and round them, and then these days I’m burning 5/32” holes in the skin offset upwards from the underlying hole in the wood, and then summoning an unholy incantation of swear words, I somehow manage