12/06/09 Just to let everyone know, the Turkey was PERFECT! The weather was questionable however. Now on to the build…
Again doing these little 2 foot pieces stapleless, it just does not seem to go very fast. But here are the pics as to what I have to date. I am now working with the WRC on the stern end, and still with the AWC on the bow end (actually the middle)
And overall
11/24/09 Well, the holidays are on us and I have come to realise there is no way it will be done by Christmas. The weather has cooled down here in Florida and it is the perfect time for Kayaking, and camping. And we will be starting this weekend with 4 days of fun. I am already drooling with thoughts of our annual “Trash Can Turkey”
I haven’t been posting much because putting a couple of 2 foot strips at a time on the yak just doesn’t feel like I am going anywhere very fast. So I will post pics of what I have done so far and let you decide. LOL I am still not sure how this is going to look when it is done
This first pic was the bow when I last posted
This is how far I have gotten on the bow now
And looking at the bow from the center line
Working in confined quarters, I turned the yak around to start the stern. Here I am with it, and yes it looks like the bow did a month ago.
And if you use your mind to stitch the next 2 pics you can see how the entire yak looks. Yes I did it on my puter but it made the pic to smal to see anything in this post, so just use your mind…
11/06/09 I continue to glue up little strips while working on the hull at the same time
As you can tell from the following pics, I have finished the bow point in Paduk with a Mahogany behind it, and am now working on the Dark Red Cedar.
11/01/09 As of today I am starting to strip my deck now, I think you can see from the pics what the basic design is going to be….
Although I had to staple/nail the first row on, I am happy to say that I am back to using my “Doodads” to secure the strips.
My biggest delima now is the fact I used a hot melt glue gun to set the shear strip and I am not sure how easy it will be to strip the forms when I am done. LOL I also have to remember to re-tape the forms before I continue or I will have a real problem stripping the forms.
