Building the Wooden Kayak 4 - a photo on Flickriver

            I never thought I would use 16 clamps at one time bur there they are on the top left showing the forward hatch lip installation.  I have not shown all the steps and you can see that there are hatch straps, elastic  hold-downs, the seat etc that were mounted near the end.  The top right shows me testing how it feels before varnishing the kayak. The lower two are a bit out of order.  The top one is a view of the finished kayak.  The fiberglass almost dissappears under the epoxy resin and the varnish.  The lower one shows it much later when kayak weather came in March. This 13.5 foot kayak weighs 35 lbs.  My old 11.5 foot polyethylene one weighs 45 lbs.  This kayak was originally designed as a lake-touring kayak which is what I use it for.  One year later they found it is an excellent surfing kayak, not something i intend to do.
My preferred paddle is a wooden Inuit style, long thin paddle. It is used with a flat stroke.  It is much easier on the shoulders than the high stroke normally used  in white-water kayaking.

Taken on: November 30, 2020

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