Category Archives: Kayak Construction

Building kayak(s?)

Kayak Construction: Fuck, fuck, fuckity fuck

Posted on August 24, 2008 by Paul Tomblin

Today I did the part I’ve been dreading, glassing the inside of the hull. And for all the dread and worry, it ended up being about 18 times worse than my worst fears. The glass ended up bumpy and full … Continue reading →

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More kayaking, and some construction too

Posted on August 24, 2008 by Paul Tomblin

A summary of the last couple of days, as it relates to kayaking (mostly because there isn’t much that isn’t related to kayaking in the last couple of days).

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Kayak Construction: Finishing the underside of the deck

Posted on July 14, 2008 by Paul Tomblin

Today the glass tape under the deck was dry, so I took the deck off the hull again. I cut two 9×23 pieces of fibreglas cloth. (The instructions said to use scrap cloth, but since the previous time I was … Continue reading →

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Kayak Construction: All that work and it looks exactly the same

Posted on July 12, 2008 by Paul Tomblin

Last weekend I ran into trouble trying to epoxy when it was too hot. So on Tuesday night I went down to the local distributor for System 3 Epoxy and picked up some “slow” (aka “hot weather”) epoxy hardener. I … Continue reading →

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Kayak Construction: Ok, maybe it is too hot to epoxy

Posted on July 6, 2008 by Paul Tomblin

Since I “wasted” the first three days of the four day weekend doing stuff like resting up, kayaking with my dearest wife, and doing an ill-advised upgrade on my Linux box, I felt like I really needed to get at … Continue reading →

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