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  • Farback
    Farback Posts: 1,079 Member
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    Thanks. Got some work done on the boat today, and got my build log going on my new version of my website which should go live tomorrow. I'll forward a link to this boat build once it's hot if anyone wants to follow the progress there.
  • b3achy
    b3achy Posts: 2,151 Member
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    OMG, I thought the table was amazing (and it is)...but it's a shadow of the awesomeness that is the kayak. WOW!
  • Farback
    Farback Posts: 1,079 Member
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    Thanks b3achy,
    Build log is it:
    http://www.farback.ca/index.php/kayak-five-das-boot-current-build-being-completed
  • Farback
    Farback Posts: 1,079 Member
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    This is the skeg (retractable rudder) assembly. the control box mounts flush on the deck behind the cockpit. The slider extends and retracts the rudder.
  • Farback
    Farback Posts: 1,079 Member
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    Intalled the skeg assebly in the hull.
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    Epoxied the parts for the skeg control box which will be mounted to my left aft of the cockpit as shown below. 'Aft'. that's a term us nautical types use, along with 'Yarrr!', 'Avast!' and 'I didna ken she was your wife!'.
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    full details at
    farback.ca/index.php/kayak-five-das-boot-current-build-being-completed
  • AnnPT77
    AnnPT77 Posts: 32,863 Member
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    Farback wrote: »

    Epoxied the parts for the skeg control box which will be mounted to my left aft of the cockpit as shown below. 'Aft'. that's a term us nautical types use, along with 'Yarrr!', 'Avast!' and 'I didna ken she was your wife!'.

    "Left"??!??! ;)
  • Farback
    Farback Posts: 1,079 Member
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    AnnPT77 wrote: »
    Farback wrote: »

    Epoxied the parts for the skeg control box which will be mounted to my left aft of the cockpit as shown below. 'Aft'. that's a term us nautical types use, along with 'Yarrr!', 'Avast!' and 'I didna ken she was your wife!'.

    "Left"??!??! ;)

    You're right! Thanks for catching that.
  • Farback
    Farback Posts: 1,079 Member
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    Four hours of finiky boat building work. Details at farback.ca/index.php/kayak-five-das-boot-current-build-being-completed

    Working with epoxy, got to take precautions.
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  • Farback
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    31DEC16

    Lots of small detail work again, and waiting for epoxy cures makes for slow going at this stage.

    CF clamp set-up from last night.
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    Cut to size, replenish stock.
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    One to guide skeg cable into control box.
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    Two to guide skeg cable away from cargo area.
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    Hip plates, trimmed, epoxied again with graphite to colour, drying before installation tomorrow.
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    Skeg control from deck topside. Little cleaning up to do here when deck accessible again.
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    Hip plates last interior task, then deck and hull joining starts Monday.
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  • Farback
    Farback Posts: 1,079 Member
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    Gym time and family dinner today, only a couple short periods in the shop. Got the hip plates installed, and poured end-fills to give structure for bow and stern carry lines.


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    First batch was too soupy and started oozing out the tape on one side. Had a dutch boy thing going on for a while.
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    The two mixes are cooking off now. Several cubic inches of epoxy while curing is too hot to touch. Waiting it out for safety's sake.
  • Farback
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    2JAN17

    Joining deck to hull finally. Fitted stems at ends, Lined up top and bottom, compressed and taped seams on outside. Did deck fitting part of skeg controls. Need to let this dry before finalizing. Next step is the much despised inside 'taping' of the seam with glass and resin. Cramped messy task.


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    Now that the two halves are ready to mate, the last steps of the rudder control can be made. The cable will pass through the box and extend into the section of cable cover on the other side, shown in the next picture.

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    "Due North Mr. Sawfish!"
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    "Aye, Captain"
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    Taped, compressed, aligned edges and ready for inside seam taping with glass and epoxy.
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    Seventeen feet of lean, mean, ocean going machine.
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  • AnnPT77
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    Gonna be lovely - nice lines, looks efficient. Out of curiosity, what's width at widest point, and where is that on the boat (hard to tell the exact shape in the end-on photos)?
  • Farback
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    Max beam is 21.9" at the 9' mark measured from the front. See the cut line in the software capture below.

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    Very stable with not too much trade off in drag for stability. Made for kayak camping with decent cargo capacity.
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  • AnnPT77
    AnnPT77 Posts: 32,863 Member
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    Very nice!

    Das boot looks like it will travel very nicely - thanks for sharing the tech specs! :)

    I tend to like long-ish, skinny boats for efficiency's sake . . . some people think this is because I want to go fast. It's not; it's that I'm lazy. ;) (Yes, I know that each boat design tends to have its own efficient speed . . . except for the ones that have no efficient speed whatsoever, of course. ;) ). I've done mostly flatwater paddling, and a little light whitewater, though, and in open boats - not so much in sea kayak environs - so tend to think of stability in a different way, perhaps, than sea kayakers need to do.

    Beautiful craft - I'm following your progress with interest.

  • Farback
    Farback Posts: 1,079 Member
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    3JAN17



    Getting set up for the inside seam taping (glass and epoxy). In order to place the strip of material accurately, I need to see what I'm doing. The ends are difficult since my fat head won't fit through the hatches. I'm a security guy, so I have access to cameras and tech. I've set up a cheap CCTV camera to give me a view of the inside, and logged into that camera's IP on my phone.
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    hatch
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    camera
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    image on cell phone
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  • UncleMac
    UncleMac Posts: 13,148 Member
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    Farback wrote: »
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    More power, Scotty!! We're getting sucked into the wormhole!!

    But Cap'n... Readings show stress-cracks on the dilithium crystals... I dunnot know howmuch more she can take...
  • Farback
    Farback Posts: 1,079 Member
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    When i was a Captain in the FD I had a driver named Scott. Since I was Captain Kirk we had good times.
  • UncleMac
    UncleMac Posts: 13,148 Member
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    Farback wrote: »
    When i was a Captain in the FD I had a driver named Scott. Since I was Captain Kirk we had good times.

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  • b3achy
    b3achy Posts: 2,151 Member
    edited January 2017
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    Loving the Star Trek references - You guys make me smile :smiley:

    Kayak's looking great too! ;)
  • Farback
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    Olive, one of my new granddaughters, is being raised right, despite the fact her Dad and brother are Star Wars geeks.

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