I mixed up a batch of epoxy, cabosil and wood flour and put the resulting paste on all the edges that meet. Not too bad of an experience except for the mosquitoes biting. Sure is a distraction. But, swatting and epoxying, and strapping the boat together with bungees didn’t go too bad. [...]

I got a great start on my kayak today. Hannah’s still needs a little work but I figured I could do it while the glue is drying on mine.
I wanted something to handle my current weight and maybe a little gear. After talking with a lot of people and looking at all the [...]

I got the coaming epoxied to the riser, sanded, and sealed.  Ready for glass which should happen tomorrow.  Also on the completed list is the hatch flange built, but needs sanding and a bit of filling in of some voids prior to installing in the hatch hole.  I built the hatch small since this will [...]

Coaming needs to be shaped yet, but all the gluing is done. I cut out the hatch this afternoon and flipped the deck over to get ready to build up the hatch lip. Here’s the progress picture for the day, click on it for more..
Tony

I started on the coaming today, so far have 6 strips in the glue-up. They are slightly less than 1/8 inch, so I will be putting 1 more on to get to the 3/4 inch mark I’m shooting for. The center strip is redwood for a nice contrast to the white pine. [...]

I finished skinning the aft deck and around the coaming today. I’ll try to get the fore deck finished in the morning before it gets too hot.
The coaming finish isn’t a pretty as I wanted but it’ll do for now. Maybe I’ll replace it with some yellow HDPE when I get the time.
I [...]

After the last post, I epoxied the rear bulkhead-hatch frame in place. This morning, I mixed up the epoxy and added Cab-o-sil to thicken it a bit. If ya work with this stuff, be sure to wear a respirator, that silca can lead to silicosis even tho the MSDS sheet doesn’t consider it [...]

Today I put the rear hatch frame/bulkhead together and got it seal coated with epoxy. Also sealed the shear clamps. I will epoxy these to the sides of the hull before putting the deck on. If I were to do this over, I’d mount them to the deck as I stripped it [...]

I followed the directions in Building the Greenland Kayak for building the float bags but glued the vinyl instead of getting heat sealing fabric.

The process is pretty easy. Measure the void to be filled with the float bag. You will need the circumference of the hull on both ends and the length of [...]

It was 105F in the shed when I got home so I didn’t get too much done.
I glued some extra fabric to the bow and stern and pulled out some more of the wrinkles. Then stapled the skin to the gunwales and cut the excess loose.

I started working on the float bags but it [...]