Kayak Bytes » Kayaks http://kayakbytes.com Just another LR2 Blogs weblog Sun, 03 Jul 2011 13:56:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Just run out of tape http://kayakbytes.com/2009/10/24/just-run-out-of-tape/ http://kayakbytes.com/2009/10/24/just-run-out-of-tape/#comments Sun, 25 Oct 2009 01:39:34 +0000 mike http://kayakbytes.com/?p=193 The top deck is now taped and glued and we will have to remove it to tape the underside before fitting the deck perminatly.

The shape is relly looking good, and of course I am not bias at all.

We plan on fitting the hatch supports and some bracing to hold the deck shape when it is removed. We do plan to reattach it while it is still wet but not sure how that will go in reality.

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At long last we are back into it, the top deck has been prepaired and is now stitched in place, m3 zip ties rule!!!!!

I am undecided, I dont think we should take the top deck back off, even though it means painting, glueing and taping upside down inside?

Has anyone out there experance with stitch and glue Kayaks, will they warp after epoxy is applied to one side only? I expect my option is to glue and tape it then quicky remount it before the epoxy goes off.

I cant seam to get the photos to upload so go to http://members.optusnet.com.au/~michaeljsargent/Kayak.html for my latest pictures.

]]> http://kayakbytes.com/2009/09/14/top-on-no-stopping-us-now/feed/ 0 Stitched with cable ties http://kayakbytes.com/2009/09/14/stitched-with-cable-ties/ http://kayakbytes.com/2009/09/14/stitched-with-cable-ties/#comments Mon, 14 Sep 2009 06:27:14 +0000 mike http://kayakbytes.com/?p=186 This is the Kayak only held together with cable ties we have been amazed at how strong and rigid it feels, I was keen to get a weight on it, but there is no scales available in the work shop and my wife has banned me from taking anything from the kitchen or house.

So far very little epoxy has been applied, only enough to join the long sides together.

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Smooth-Sailing, Successful Surface Modeling – PD & D.

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Hi there all,

I am about to begin a building project of a stich and glue Kayak.

I wanted to share the experiance, first a little bit of back ground.

I have built a few small craft a dingy or two and wanted to build my own design of a strip plank Kayak, it is still under construction pending lots of free time.

I felt progress was slow so I have with the aide of a few friends taken the patterns from the frame of the strip plank Kayak with sheets of plastic then copied these profiles on to  CAD.

We have spent a lot of time with adding all the nessisary hardware to the kit, the idea being that we do not want to have to purchase or make any fiddly bits.

We have included all the hatches, combing, foot rest and fixtures for securing the ropes to the deck. The CAD files also has holes for cable ties pre cut that line up to ensure the kayak is straight which seams to be a common isue for stitch and glue kayaks, No skeg will be required to correct any possible flaw in the hull.

I come up with odd ideas from time to time and one I have is that the Nose cone is always a difficult part as there are often 6 very skinny bits of ply all comming to a point. So I am building one with a nose cone made by laminating 25 odd layers to get a solid nose, this will also have a landing to bring the bottoms, side and top sheet to.  It has taken nearly a 1/2 a sheet of 12 mm ply to cut so I hope its worth it I am a bit concerned about weight, but most people fill the nose cone with epoxy any how so I expect it will be similar to the standard Kayak.

The ply is now ready and awaiting delivery so I will show some pictures soon of the raw materials ready for construction, with a very excited me beside them.

I have attached some pdf pages of the cut out sheet layouts and I also have some design concepts showing colour options.

I believe I will choose a Black Hull and natural deck with Black ropes and black bungy cord.

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What California commuter hasn’t ever had the urge to just walk away from traffic entirely? Well, George Calvarescu found a way to kayak away from it all.

]]> http://kayakbytes.com/2008/02/11/commuter-kayaks-los-angeles-river-the-lala-times-california-satire-weird-and-bizarre-news/feed/ 2 YostWerks Updates http://kayakbytes.com/2008/02/10/yostwerks-updates/ http://kayakbytes.com/2008/02/10/yostwerks-updates/#comments Sun, 10 Feb 2008 14:45:38 +0000 anton http://kayakbytes.com/2008/02/10/yostwerks-updates/ I managed to miss the updates, but here they are: yostwerkscovera.jpgYostwerks Kayak Building Manuals.

Tom now has a few more designs and quite a bit of detail on building an inflatable kayak.  The new Expedition looks pretty cool and a bit more stable.  I’ll have to hunt around and see if anyone has built one yet.

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As usual, you can click on this picture for more views.

Tony

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The rack is attached with eye bolts and does not modify the trailer.

Later..
Tony

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