Anton and I took the kayaks out again today, mostly for me to work on a roll. The conditions had changed quite a bit from Friday, a lot of boat traffic and higher winds. There was also a ‘whole whack’ (as they say in Canada) of people there. Chop and wakes in [...]

We made it to Canyon Lake in one piece and launched about noon. The weather was nice, partly cloudy and mild temperatures. The water is a beautiful blue and reasonably clear.
Hannah really enjoyed the Sea Pup and managed to dump it a few times. She doesn’t have a spray skirt yet so [...]

Here’s a picture of the Sea Ranger on top of the car, ready for the road trip and triple launching at Canyon Lake NW of New Braunfels TX on Friday.  We will be taking a bunch of pictures on this one.  Just hope we have a bit of decent weather.
Take care all..
Tony

I finished up the skin today. The pucker in the middle of the cockpit will get taken care of when I glue up the coaming riser. I’m going to make a free standing coaming like Tom does here but using HDPE tubing instead of aluminum. I’ll post more tomorrow on how well [...]

Well, by the end of the day the kayak will be sea (lake) worthy. Had to take a break to write a post and put some new pictures up. I got the gasket material in the hatch covers and all is looking good. The front hatch still needs bungees applied and the [...]

I laced up the hull yesterday and pulled it tight before gluing the bow and stern. The process is pretty easy and while the lacing isn’t necessary I think it gives me time to work most of the wrinkles out before stapling. The yellow skin lets a lot more light through than the [...]

I finished up the frame and seat yesterday and set it on the scale. So far it’s sitting right at 29 lbs. My goal is to keep it under 40 total. I’m not sure how much the skin will weigh yet but I’ve got a lightweight coaming planned that should help.