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After the do-over (here), we were back on track to get this boat finished! Of course, lots of things seemed to get in the way but there was progress. Applying several coats of varnish was the next step. The fiberglass provides strength and waterproof-ness but needs protection from the sun (UV) – that is the… [Read More]
Well… I goofed up and made a mess of the kayak. It seems that when I applied the final layer of fiberglass to the bottom and sides of the kayak, it was either too cold, too moist, or I messed up the epoxy mix – or all of the above. The epoxy was very slow… [Read More]
As you may recall, we last completed fiberglassing the inner part line of the kayak. Now time to work on the outside. Ideally, this line would be intirely invisible after the kayak is complete. Something told me that I probably wasn’t going to achieve that. Still… we try. This all starts with a bunch of… [Read More]
After all the progress in the previous post, it was time to join the two halves of the kayak together!! This process is a bit tedious – especially for a beginner like me!! A number of little mistakes kind of came to a head at this point. Getting the two halves to line up “perfectly”… [Read More]
There sure are a lot of bits for such a simple boat!!! 🙂 If you remember, we last worked on all these bits and now we have more. Specifically, the skeg control box or “enclosure” and the hatch for the rear of the boat. It seems that I forgot to take photos while constructing the… [Read More]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
