How I built a kayak

It all started in 2010 when I read a lot of American sites have a desire to do something like that myself. They have a very common construction of plywood kayak. They can even send a turnkey assembly kit, but it was worth about 1000ue and drawings where the 100U. Such money was not and it was decided to do by eye, and what happened to you to judge.

For a start it was necessary to glue the plywood to get a two-lane length and width 450sm 75 (half a standard sheet). For reliable interface recommended thickness multiplied by 8, it will be the width of the adhesive (as in the photo)

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I'm worn down from three. It turns out something like



Apply glue



Just a few



Hold



Once dried, mark



Fastening two lanes at once and cut two identical parts. This, I drilled holes at a distance of 8 cm from each other and from the edge of my 1.5 (already do not remember) for further cross-linking



Rail stykuya as



Cut out the boards and glued on the edge of the rail



Stitched bottom



Chet liked the photo)))



Try on and drill a circular hole wire



Helpers



Already, even at that it seems



I expose all on a string as the smallest imbalance is unacceptable



I simulate bulkhead



Mark up



She stood like a glove



All is well recorded and coat with epoxy joints



The cockpit must be covered in fiberglass



After impregnation, epoxy fiberglass becomes transparent. Straight magic)))



Nose fortify a mixture of sawdust and epoxy



Once inside all missed, overturn



Another aide. Take it and a long and tedious grind



Until this state



Closer



Let us again magic



The application of an epoxy resin process is very time consuming and requires some skill so it's best to do it with someone



The first layer of epoxy and we clean that bear the following we clean too. Generally cleaning is the most difficult thing that was under construction, so I'm not much fotkal. This is after painting the bottom



Then nailed nails and cut the deck "point»



Hedgehog from clamps. Makes capturing skirt



Covered deck impregnated and varnished



So he looked in 2011 and then the first time I walked on it. Hatches are not cut at all I doubt that he will stay on the water. Let me remind you done by eye, without drawings.



I'm going through in vain, he goes perfectly smoothly, quickly. But then suddenly I had to make repairs at home (he did) and had the time to throw it. And already this year reached the hands of hatches. Mark and confident movement jigsaw ...



Covers reinforced ribs and on the perimeter glued gum for sealing



I did collapsible trolley for easy movement



Hung all rezinochek for fixing anything, and three for each tightening flap.



And I sent him to test in a small three-day rental.



If there is interest, I will create a report about the trip. I have all the kick



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