Last time (here), we added a layer of fiberglass to the exterior of the kayak. Before doing the same to the interior, we have some tasks to complete – specifically the coaming. The coaming is the riser and lip around the cockpit. It provides a good bit of strength around the opening but also creates… [Read More]
Chunky Queen Bed Frame DIY
In Missy, I constructed a built in bed frame. When I moved into the house, I moved the queen sized mattress but I needed a frame. So… I went to work building one. For reasons that are beyond my limited mental capacity, I’m kinda into the rustic look these days. I started looking around the… [Read More]
Adding Kayak Color
When we last saw our hero, he was fairing and sanding the kayak interior. However; the kayak exterior is the first to be fiberglassed. So, focus was changed and off we went fairing and sanding the exterior… After a great deal of scraping, planing, fairing and sanding – it looked pretty good. Photos of that… [Read More]
Splitting the Kayak
After the cockpit coaming was installed and the exterior was faired (here), it was time to see what was underneath all the woodwork! I previously mentioned the split line – it was time for it to leap into action. With a bit of persuasion, the hull was carefully lifted free of the forms and strongback…. [Read More]
Pebble Shower Floor
The shower in my master bath was all tile and it looked ok. Sadly, the person that installed it apparently didn’t know what they were doing. Having been thru the lesson of tearing a house apart to the studs because not everything was ‘perfect’ – I tried REALLY, REALLY hard to leave this shower alone…. [Read More]
Kayak Cockpit and Fairing
After completing the stripping of the kayak hull and deck (here, here, here and here), it was time to think about the cockpit. This kayak design incorporates a recessed coaming. The coaming is the lip to which a spray skirt is attached. The spray skirt is something you wear and then attach to the kayak… [Read More]
Stripping the Deck
More progress on my pine strip microBootlegger Sport kayak construction project. After stripping the hull was complete (here), it was time to flip it over and start on the deck. After flipping it over, the first look comes with a bit of shock. All that work that had been done disappeared and it looked like… [Read More]
Monsoon Season on the Continental Divide
How about some views of the Continental Divide as it runs thru southwest New Mexico – but this time during monsoon season?!?!? Your wish is my command… This year we had a really fantastic monsoon season with lots of rain. That six weeks of rain really transforms the high desert!! I wish the video really… [Read More]
Kayak Hull Taking Shape
The strip built kayak that I previously mentioned here is taking shape. As a reminder, it is a microBootlegger Sport designed by Nick Schade of Guillemot Kayaks. Actually, starting to look pretty good. At this stage, it is simply a process of adding strips. As I mentioned in the last post, it’s pretty repetitive work. Each… [Read More]
New Project Revealed
You guys had some excellent guesses about my next project (here)! Two of you guessed a balance beam – but only one of you took it to mean that I was making a run at an Olympic gold medal in women’s gymnastics!! While that’s always been a dream… that’s not the direction I’m headed… yet…. [Read More]
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