2/7/10 I placed my second reinforcing layer of glass in the cockpit area, and glassed it in. Now it is time to do the fill coats
2/5/10 I finally sanded the inside putty coat out of the hull, it has only been what? 4 months! LOL But it is sanded and I laid out the glass
and then applied the epoxy. Temps here in FL have been a little screwy, so I seem to be fighting a little outgassing, but I think I have that under control now
11/06/09 Well it is time to work on the inside of the Hull while I continue to work on stripping the deck.
After scraping and sanding the inside I mixed up some fillet compound (epoxy, woodflour, and Cab-o-sil) and put fillets in the stems. This is not necessary, but is a trick I learned from my friends that make S&G yaks. It makes it much easier to lay the inside cloth with no air pockets or wrinkles.
And then I skimmed the entire inside with an epoxy putty to fill all voids for the same reason
11/01/09 Well it is the beginning of November and the end of Daylight Savings Time. I found a little energy to work on the yak today, got the shear strip pieces (which I had to staple/nail) secured to the forms and then stripped the deck and forms from the hull.
The hull is already loose from the forms, and the gaps you see are from the spring back.
And now the inside of the hull is ready to be scraped, planed, and sanded
It is also time to start the next chapter of this build, as I will be working on the hull as well as the deck at the same time.
10/30/09 Here it is the end of the month and I haven’t posted anything. I guess I might not make the Christmas deadline I set for myself. The reasons I haven’t progressed are basic ones I guess. The first one is that I am working now and by the time I get home it is dark and I am tired. LOL 2nd is that now is the best time to be kayaking and camping here in FL and I am trying to take advantage of it while I can. So my free time has been spent playing instead of working on the yak. 3rd is I recently hurt my back and have not been able to do anything much less work on the yak, but thanks to Modern medicine (good drugs) I am getting better. And the 4th reason is probably the biggest reason. I am stumped with how to do what I want as far as the deck design goes. The deck strips I need to start with are many little pieces that are cut at angles. Trying to cut them to the right length, right angle, glue them together and wrap them around the curves of the forms has proved to be challenging at best when I am trying not to use staples. I may have to give up on that and staple the first strip till I can get 2 strips mounted on both sides and use the Hot Melt glue gun to secure them to the forms so I can finish it with the “Doodads”
10/05/09 The following pics are the of the second coat of epoxy while there was enough daylight to still take pics… barely.
This is the graphic I have settled on with changing the name to “Flyin'”. That too is subject to change at any given moment. LOL
10/04/09 Well, I got the hull all sanded and ready to glass. I was going to go get my camera, then excitement got a hold of me and the next thing I know I am spreading glass on my yak!!! Well, I can’t let bare glass just set there, so it was time to mix up some epoxy and start spreading. As usual, I put an extra layer of 4 oz glass on the stems, and the center of the hull before covering the entire yak.
The Padauk does not stand out as red as I hoped against the Mahogany or Dark Red Cedar as I had hoped. But it is still pretty! I only have after work for the next 2 weeks to work on the yak, having plans for the next 2 weekends. Gee, I hope I can finish this yak by Christmas.
9/28/09 Can you tell what I have been doing lately???
Yeppers!!! I am planeing and Faring the hull. Not a lot to see different, and I am not getting much done a night do to being busy working, but here are the latest pics. Notice some of my favorite tools, they are not needed, but fun to use. LOL
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The yak is looking pretty!!