Work from 11/24/2010 through 12/11/2010 We’re nearing the end! In this installment I’ll take care of the final outfitting. I’ll coat the hull bottom with our tough graphite mixture, add the footbrace foam, make the deck toggles and run the decklines. With the deck and hull sides clear coated by [...]
Work from 11/30/2010 though 12/2/2010 Pretty sharp, huh? I had the deck and sides of the hull just got clear-coated with three coats of DuPont ChromaPremier 72700S urethane. The bottom will be coated in our tough graphite. I picked it up last night. I don’t paint my own boats any [...]
Work from 11/24/2010 through 11/27/2010 This is the big day. I get to bond the deck to the hull. Soon it’ll be a usable kayak! Some designers advocate laminating a solid length of fiberglass tape to each side of the deck/hull joint. It’s a great idea and will provide a [...]
Work from 11/16/2010 – 11/24/2010. In this post I’ll write about how I installed a custom carbon fiber adjustable skeg.
Work from 10/26/2010 – 11/24/2010 As discussed in other posts, the coaming is made of two parts that slip together. Now it’s time to laminate the inner part of the riser and the lip and bond it to the kayak.
