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16JAN17 Last bit of assembly tonight. Located position for CF seat, mixed up a thickened batch of graphite coloured epoxy and glued it in place. Tomorrow I'll wrap it up to protect it from dust and hang it up in the shop to wait for spring. I started this boat five years ago, but had a two year hiatus while I worked two…

Thanks B3. I was worried it might be over 40, but it's going to be an easy portage. Love that paddle.

Final weigh-in 37.8 pounds. Very pleased.

16JAN17 Deck lines, bungee webs fore and aft of cockpit, bungee paddle retainer at bow, carry handles fore and aft. I'll let it hang for a couple days to cure the varnish before the final step, setting it down and getting the seat placement right and secured.

The cedar makes up most of the shell, and it is very light. The end weight depends a lot on how much epoxy gets added.

I haven't weighed it yet, but I'm thinking about 35 pounds. I'll do a weigh in after the rigging and seat install.

15JAN17 Third and final coat of varnish applied. The view from the cockpit. Three coats of varnish makes a nice deep finish. Full speed ahead Mr. Sawfish! Six different woods in this boat. Eastern White Cedar Western Red Cedar Basswood Walnut Purpleheart Ebony

The only straight line for this baby will be straight to Kejimkujic National Park for a solo week in the back country the week I retire in June.

14JAN17 Couple hours planning and designing another project, and a hour or so on the boat prepping and applying the second varnish coat. Prep surface with scotch-bright pad for grip and tack cloth clean Filtered varnish and 4" foam brush Second varnish coat applied. The finish is much deeper than the guy who built the…

13JAN17 Several hours work, final (did I say final) sanding of complete exterior before first of three varnish coats. Sanded, then washed, let dry, final rub down with tack cloth before varnishing. Varnishing is tricky business. You need to apply lightly, don't let it drip or drool, and keep moving before the 'wet edge'…

12JAN17 Short shift in the boat shop. Couple hours work installing forward bulkhead and rigging seat back, prepping hanging system for varnish process. Ropes rigged so all external surfaces accessible. Hanging system for being able to varnish without cradles in the way. The advantage of being a rope rescue tech is knowing…

Several Finish coats of varnish for uv protection of the epoxy, fit forward bulkhead and seat, rig deck lines and bungee lines, wait impatiently for spring

11JAN17 Spent a couple hours on small details while the epoxy coats harden up. Installed the CF clips that will retain the two lengths of small diameter bungee to hold the seatback to the upper and lower deck just forward of the rear bulkhead. Four of these, two above and two below. Drilled the bow and stern with a 5/8"…

farback.ca/index.php/kayak-five-das-boot-current-build-being-completed 10JAN17 Tuesday night in the boat shop. Finish coat of epoxy on the deck, prepping for some fittings work tomorrow night to give epoxy a day or two to harden up before starting on varnish coats. Final coat of epoxy on the deck Fittings for tomorrow,…

9JAN17 Hours of sanding. Cleaned up drips on deck from hull epoxy job, then sanded entire deck to 220 to prep for final epoxy coat to deck. Had a fire call in the middle of this, and was away for an hour driving a big red truck to a chimney fire. Masked hull completely to prevent drips, and it's ready to epoxy the deck.…

Welcome curvygirl

All good. Deep cut, but didn't feel it needed a stitch. Bled like a pig because of the damn heart drugs. It is good the wood is sealed now, it can make a real mess. Cleaned it up and it looks fine today.

Welcome to the cult. Now, about the initiation...

Later, that same day... hung up to let bottom cure but allow deck access to remove masking tape. A wee slip with the exacto knife leads to a visit to the boat shop medical clinic. No time to bleed, work to be done.

8JAN17 Sanding and epoxy work today. Cleaned up drops of epoxy on the deck, masked the edge, then turned over to work on the hull, Sanded and final coat of epoxy for the hull. Can't progress any more today till this cures up. Before sanding and final epoxy layer. Got this Jason Bourne look alike to sand the hull to 320.…

farback.ca/index.php/kayak-five-das-boot-current-build-being-completed 7JAN17 Taped the seams this morning with continuous 18' x 2" strips of fiberglass. Rolling these up was NOT a good idea, loose threads snagged up as it unrolled, making it one hell of a task. Fiberglass and epoxy is like a mean dog, it can smell fear so…

Nice quiet day. Caught up on recorded shows and read books.

farback.ca/index.php/kayak-five-das-boot-current-build-being-completed 6JAN17 Lots of sanding, and a bit of leveling with the spoke shave, and the outside hull is ready to go. Tomorrow a bit of sanding dust and epoxy mix to fill in some gaps, then outside fiberglass tape seam. It's carefully masked up, and when the outside…

I've been fighting a cold/flu all week, had a tender opening for a 200K dollar project yesterday. Taking today off.

Got port side seam done tonight. Thankful this is over. Both the boat and I are well epoxied.

TAPING THE STARBOARD INSIDE SEAM One side done, but this is the part of the job that makes Bishops kick out stained glass windows. It went well though. Let this side set up, then tomorrow flip it over onto other side to do port side inside seam. Bias cut strips of fibreglass, rolled up and soaked in epoxy then rolled out…

Olive, one of my new granddaughters, is being raised right, despite the fact her Dad and brother are Star Wars geeks.

When i was a Captain in the FD I had a driver named Scott. Since I was Captain Kirk we had good times.