Glued Port Side Carlin On

Deck Fibreglassed

Fibreglassed the deck yesterday. Have put in two coats over the top of the first.

Ready for Deck Glassing

Finished trimming and sanding the deck today ready for the fibreglass to go on.

Deck Installed

Installed the front and side decks. More clamps would have been good, but it went on ok I think. Still need to put in the butt join pieces and can then trim off the overhang.

Third Coat of Varnish on Interior

Put the 3rd and final coat on the inside. May need to touch up a few places, but looks not too bad. Also put a second coat of varnish on the rear foot braces. They are ready to go in now.

First Coat of Varnish

Put the first coat of varnish on the inside.

Rear Footbraces

Glued the front footbraces together. Use tas oak for the bases.

Front Footbrace Installed

Glued the front foot braces in place, lofted the paddle shafts and glued the first one together. Also shaped the first paddle blade.

Rear Deck

Put the rear deck on this afternoon. All went well I think. Masked the sides and inside well to catch any drips. Nailed at 3" intervals and used a couple of tie down straps to help pull the plywood into the curve. Also trimmed the deck beam which was a bit high after a trial fitting of the front deck.

Finished Planing Sheer Clamps

Finished planing the shear clamps and cut the last of the 4mm sheets for the deck. Traced the rear deck piece and cut to size plus a couple of inches each side.

More Sanding

Sanded the ends which were reinforced with fiberglass tape, and then the rest of the hull. Still not sure if I need to sand more or apply more epoxy. Don't want to sand down to the fiberglass cloth. Planed the sheer clamps while the kayak was outside as well. The rear looks ok, but need to finish off the middle and front. Used the electric planer to get started and the used the hand plane.

Finished End Pours

Finished the end pours today. Ended up doing three pours each. Also trimmed the excess off the carlins.

End Pours

Started the end pours yesterday. Two pours so far in the rear and one in the front. The tape didn't stick too well to the front one so there were some leaks, but the back one held well. Need to add some more today to top them up.

Carlin Installed

Glued the carlins in today. Quite a curve from the front knee to the deck beam.