Sunday, April 14. I sanded & varnished the underside of the deck in the cockpit and then wet sanded, dried and tack ragged the deck before varnishing, applying with a brush only to avoid the tiny air bubbles. 1.5H
Monday, April 15. Time for the last coat of varnish, #7! I wet sanded the deck and then cleaned up my shop area. Before varnishing I wet down the floor and then applied the last coat, again, with brush only. 1.5H
Tuesday, April 23. Finally, I got back to the project. I fit the hip braces and filleted them in. I sat the kayak on a foam mattress in order to place the braces correctly. It helped. 1.5H
Thursday, April 25. It was a marathon session but I wanted to get the thing done. I glued all of the foam together and in place, padding the hip braces and making thigh braces and knee pads. I drilled the holes for the hatch straps and the bungee, filled them with epoxy and screwed the pieces in place: I don't intend to remove them, when I re-varnish I will work around them. I ended up being short of bungee and I broke the wooden handle I had made for the stern. I epoxied it and called it a night. 5.5H
Friday, April 26. I finished. I tied on the last of the bungee, screwed on the handle and all that was left was to take pictures and launch. Check it out. 1H |
