I am building a cedar strip wood kayak. I purchased a kit for the "Spring Run S" from Redfish Kayak & Canoe in Port Townsend, Wa. The kit consists of an 18' long shipping crate which contains all of the 5/8" wide western red cedar strips as well as some Alaskan yellow cedar and Peruvian black walnut for accent colors. There is also another crate which contains 16 forms that mount on the strong back as well as fiberglass cloth and epoxy resin and miscellaneous other items. The shipping crate becomes the strong back after unpacking. The 16 forms are mounted and aligned on the strong back and the boat is built around these forms.
The Spring Run S is 16' 9" long with a beam of 23 7/8". I am still deciding on the design I will choose for the layout of the deck. There are endless possibilities for the design, whatever your imagination can envision.

Monday, March 7, 2011

Cockpit Coaming and Hatches.

Bonding the coaming lip to the coaming wall and cutting out the hatches.

Attaching the coaming lip to the wall with colored, thickened epoxy.


Planing top of wall down to the lip.


Locating and cutting out fore and aft hatches.

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Sunday, March 6, 2011

GLASSING INTERIOR & COCKPIT STUFF


Interior of deck and hull glassed.





Fitting coaming wall to deck



Cutting coaming wall to deck contour.


Layup of coaming lip & fitting to coaming wall.


Before epoxy sets up, the lip is clamped to coaming wall. After it sets up it will be cut to 1/4" thickness and eventually epoxied to the wall.


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