The big brown from the Salmon Rive in Pulaski, NY has nothing to do with the kayak except that I had fun in October catching salmon, steelhead and thie beautiful brown trout instead of working on it. But I'm finally back with a goal to completing it by March 1. I am not in a rush and find joy in going slow. Especially since this is my sabbath project. The fact is I'm not sure what I'll do when I finish it. I may have to just start another.
After glassing the deck I was able to remove the deck and hull from each other quite easily. I was very surprised. This then left the job of sanding them both down well in preparation for glassing the interior. Since that is not very motivating or fun it took awhile to get to. However, finally I just "bit the dust" and got it done. Not with the exactness of the exterior but with enough smoothness for the glass to lay flat without air bubbles. (although there are a few).
I used spreader strips in the hull and deck to keep it from warping and spreading or shrinking. I realized that it will do this very quickly. These are cut to the dimenstion of the stations that were removed from these parts of the hull. For the deck I simply used scrap pieces of cedar strips and masking tape to maintain the right beam.
The glass laid out very well in the hull with no cuts necessary in the bow and just one small cut in the stern to get it to lay flat. Redfish provides 6 oz. glass cloth. I did install an extra strip on the inside as well as the outside in the bow and stern and an extra strip of cloth around the coming in the hull. Every piece adds strength but also weight. I want the bow, stern and coming to be very strong since they will take the most use and abuse however careful I think I will be.
Here is the hull with the interior completed. I used strips cut to exact widths to maintain the width of the beam when the epoxy was drying. This will make it easier later to put both halfs back together. The exterior beam of this kayak is 23 3/4 inches. The next step is glassing the inside of the hull and then working on the coming.
The big brown from the Salmon Rive in Pulaski, NY has nothing to do with the kayak except that I had fun in October catching salmon, steelhead and thie beautiful brown trout instead of working on it. But I'm finally back with a goal to completing it by March 1. I am not in a rush and find joy in going slow. Especially since this is my sabbath project. The fact is I'm not sure what I'll do when I finish it. I may have to just start another.
After glassing the deck I was able to remove the deck and hull from each other quite easily. I was very surprised. This then left the job of sanding them both down well in preparation for glassing the interior. Since that is not very motivating or fun it took awhile to get to. However, finally I just "bit the dust" and got it done. Not with the exactness of the exterior but with enough smoothness for the glass to lay flat without air bubbles. (although there are a few).
I used spreader strips in the hull and deck to keep it from warping and spreading or shrinking. I realized that it will do this very quickly. These are cut to the dimenstion of the stations that were removed from these parts of the hull. For the deck I simply used scrap pieces of cedar strips and masking tape to maintain the right beam.
The glass laid out very well in the hull with no cuts necessary in the bow and just one small cut in the stern to get it to lay flat. Redfish provides 6 oz. glass cloth. I did install an extra strip on the inside as well as the outside in the bow and stern and an extra strip of cloth around the coming in the hull. Every piece adds strength but also weight. I want the bow, stern and coming to be very strong since they will take the most use and abuse however careful I think I will be.
Here is the hull with the interior completed. I used strips cut to exact widths to maintain the width of the beam when the epoxy was drying. This will make it easier later to put both halfs back together. The exterior beam of this kayak is 23 3/4 inches. The next step is glassing the inside of the hull and then working on the coming.
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