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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

I started skinning the hull today. Lacing up all that cord sure is time consuming. I think it went well and I managed to pull out all the wrinkles below the chine and most of the ones above. There are some small ones near the gunwale but I don’t think they’ll spend [...]

I received the skin from Rochford Supply. It was $3 cheaper per yard than Tom’s source and appears to be the same stuff. When he’s done moving and gets some internet I’ll see about sending a sample so he can test it and compare it to the Coverlight from Mauritzon.
The coaming is nearly [...]

Hannah pretends she’s floating on water while Kaner offers “help” with a tennis ball.
I stood the kayak on end on the scale and it weighs 15.6 lbs (7 kg).   The 14 feet (4.2m) sure does look tall standing up next to Hannah’s 50 inches.  She still thinks it’s too heavy but I’m sure she’ll [...]

Well, not actually finished, but it’s all glued and lashed in two places that I don’t think the glue will hold. I had to shim a few places and the chines aren’t perfectly symmetrical but they’re close. I think the worst error was a 3/8″ difference between sides and most are under 1/8″. [...]

No pics tonight but I’ll certainly have a few tomorrow night.
The gunwales and deck ridge are all glued and everything is taped and bungeed up for the night. There were a couple places that I had to pull the gunwales in to close a gap. I hope they don’t pull out once I [...]

Finished up the bow and stern yesterday and the chines late last night. Tonight I’ll knock it all apart and finish up sanding a few rough spots before I start gluing it together. Hannah was disappointed to hear that I’d have to take it all apart again before I glue it.
I’ve decided to [...]