The kayak hulls are finally closed up... the last strips [at least on the hulls] are in! Seemed to be a mammoth effort to get hose last ones in. A challenge to your best clamping skills... masking tape, hot glue, bent strips holding down from the ceiling, g-clamps, f-clamps... anything goes!

 

 

Now what? There is a lot of sanding and filling to do still before we can add the first layer of fiber-glass. But before we can do any of that we have to order the resin and the glass!

Yeah, I know... its about time!

Here is the latest update... we've been pretty slow over the summer. Lots of excuses, not many strips applied! Notice that the snow-blower is back in the garage... if we'd made progress during the summer you'd have seen the lawn-mower... snow is gently falling outside. As soon as i've put this entry up i'm heading out to put another strip on!

Beginning to get close to closing up the hull. Notice that the color schemes are almost the reverse of each other. Leslie's has a lot of northern white cedar on the underside whereas mine has more red cedar. I have used white at the shearline and for a pencil line accent.

 

A few more strips to add followed by some sanding. Should be closed up in the next couple of weeks.

Here you see the use of many clamps, tape, straps, stapled strips... anything goes! To keep strips in place while the glue dries is the aim.