Chesapeake 17 Day 3

Long day, today the bow and stern come together and will get stitched to the bottom. The Kayak is upside down to do this with some scrap sticks to keep the bottom from falling inside the side of the hull. Once the stitching is done the kayak is raised on each end, 2 pieces of scrap wood are placed across the sides parallel to each other, then I sight down the boat to see if the boat is wracked, it's straight and true! :) :)

This afternoon I started with the fillets, a mixture of epoxy and wood flour a very fine saw dust. This gets put into the seams with a strip of fiberglass and more epoxy.
Now its time for a cold beer!

Sides are joined at the bow and stern.



The bottom is placed on the spreaders and will get stitched to the sides of the hull.

The wire stitching is pretty loose at this point.

Once the tightening process starts it will straighten some and start to look like a boat.

A 1/16" drill bit for the copper wire... lots a holes in this boat.

Its stitched, its 90 degrees and the humidity is higher!

Keel line pretty straight at this point... that's good ! :)

Bulk heads are in place and ready to be epoxied with fillet.

Fillets are a mess that literally don't clean up. It sticks to everything!!!

Done for tonight! I'll finish up tomorrow... hopefully.