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Friday, February 11, 2011

Lots of work - just boring to look at!!

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It seems like ages since I made an entry YET I've spent several hours each night on the boat. In my last post, I had just finished the f...
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Sunday, February 6, 2011

Filler, Fillets and fiberglass

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Saturday was supposed to be the day I glass the hull. I say "supposed" because I took another look at my "bent stem" and...
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Friday, February 4, 2011

Setback, Remediation, Discovery and a Kludge!!

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Tonight's work was supposed to quick and painless. Tack in the stations with glue, remove the copper sutures, double check the hull...
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Thursday, February 3, 2011

Who's the fairest in the land . . .?

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Having roughly stitched the hull together, the next job is to make sure that everything is fair. This took a bit of fooling about. Most cruc...
Tuesday, February 1, 2011

All hands to stations

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Last night, in my excitement of stitching the sides to bottom, I failed to realized that normally the stations are put in at this time. Dam...
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Sunday, January 30, 2011

SUDDENLY . . . . A boat!!!

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I manged to get a good day's work in on the boat. It started with lofting the lines for the side panels. Cutting them out and fairing ...
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Some progress

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After site preparation and studying of the plans and various books/websites on stitch and glue kayaks, the marine ply finally arrived from T...
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Sean Dawe
Paradise, Newfoundland, Canada
Made my first skin on frame kayak at the age of 13 (1979). The second at age 16. Then promptly put kayaking on the back burner until the age of 43 (2009). I've got a lot of lost time to make up!!!
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