Another Black Pearl is leaving the shop this weekend! AND, it’s an international order to boot. Over the summer I was commissioned to build it by a customer from Ottawa, Ontario. I finished work on it this weekend. He’s driving over on Sunday to pick it up. Full details [...]
Björn Thommason, the designer of the fabulous Black Pearl sea kayak, recently posted a short article on his website promoting my current build. The original is in Swedish. He has yet to post his usual English translation. The Google Translate version is quite clear (which is actually scary). Not sure what “Dancing construction methodology” or “Scuba” was supposed to be… (Th 1/5/12: His English version is up… Google was pretty close http://www.thomassondesign.com/nyheter/inspirerande-black-pearl-bygge On the [...]
Scott recently launched the “Neytiri” Hybrid Night Heron… in a local pool. Oh well. It IS winter in New England. He posted a few videos on his blog. Below is an except: I finally got Neytiri over to water today – too bad it was chlorinated instead of salty!! However, [...]
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 11/24/2010 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 [...]
