I started out making a card board version to be able to loft the needed frames necessary for the build...
I am showing the water mark to see if you guys think the bow is riding to high....I put a sting line on it but it doesn't take into account the leaning side to side as evident by the water scum-algae on the skin of the boAT...
Very Cool!
And then you can 'glass the cardboard and have 2 boats ;-)
How I laid out the forms..First I rest a straight edge across the top of the side panels and measure up from the center of the bottom for it's location.. Then the sides.. Then the widths...
The frames are nearly complete. In order to get an idea of the rocker in the hull I positioned the boat on my strong back and shimmed up each end until the center of the hull was the only part touching the strong back and measured the distance of the gap at each point where the frame brackets will be located.
The stem pcs. and stringers cut to fit...
About ready to lash things together....
Cool, I watch with much interest. Not to build one like this, but to see how this all comes together! Keep the Pictures coming!
David
Hello awoodman
I'm the owner and maintainer of a web-site dealing with "non fuel travel" of any kind. I'm on the lookout for articles for this web-site all the time.
As I like your builds and your photos as well, I'd like to publish them in the area "Instructions" or "Projects" in english and in german (will translate your text).
The site can be found here http://www.oeko-travel.org/en/home_made/00_index.php
In case of interest please write me a short e-mail to info@oeko-travel.org
Thank you, and keep going on with your very interesting work!
Started lashing the frames.....
http://s147.photobucket.com/albums/r302/scrawford_photos/Chesapeake%2016%20SOF%20Kayak/
What canoe is in the background? It looks like there are scouts about, is this a scout project?
The wife and I belong to an organization ,Indian Council Of Manny Nations, And they took over this event the Scouts drooped a few yrs. ago...SNAWS (Sharing Native America Ways)....Any way the canoe I built to raffle off all summer long up to our 50th annual summer pow wow.....I was demonstraiting the lashing part of building a kayak...
The plans for the canoe are in a book found here....
Ready for skin...
Got the skin on and ready to attach the coaming ring...
More defining hull lines appear when the skin it tight...The type of coaming changes the look of the deck....
What fabric did you end up using? Some use ballistic nylon, others will use different material. Is this your 1st sewing job? How did it go (I worry about trying it).
Yea this was my first and it wasen't to bad...just have to jump in and do it. I used 8oz pollyester...
The first phase of the paint job..had some yellow rustoleum tinted to a burnt orange...
I had some left over 14'' scotch pinstripe tape but not enough..The only place that has it is an automotive paint store...so a trip to town tomorow...
Step 3 striping over the orange, preparing to airbrush over the orange with black......
Paint .....
