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The spacers are epoxied to the longitudinal rails and left to cure overnight. The top edge was touched up by sanding. In the past I have glued the spacers to the boat and then glued the long rail to the spacers in place on the boat. John thought that gluing the spacers to the rail first...

Thanks, I hope it helps somebody. The cloth is 4 oz double layers on the bottom and ends. Kinda hard to keep track of epoxy. I know that with a boat this size if I start with a new gallon of resin there is about 2 " left when done, so about 1 gal of resin and 2 qts of hardener. We hope to build...

Today was a good work day. We added some support and trim pieces to the deck and the transom. Leftover stripped and glassed material from the deck cut offs added a little more color to the stern. Next it was time to get the inwales and rod holders ready to install. The strips, spacers and...

Next we use fiberglass to cover the deck and down the side of the boat a few inches. The compass rose image was carefully placed under the cloth and epoxy resin glassed the whole top. The compass rose was printed on tissue paper by cutting the tissue a little smaller than computer paper and...

Putting the deck on was next. The rough cut deck was fitted and aligned to center line, then removed to apply glue..The epoxy glue mix was placed on the very narrow edge of the side and also on the deck supports,The deck was put back in place and some light weights placed on it to make sure it...

Happy to explain, my initial probably wasn't real clear. When this project is over I'll have questions about building with no epoxy for young people. chine logs, flare, interactions.

J D Thanks for the questions. If I haven't answered them completely lat me know, better yet give me a call. We made 5 patterns for the wood panels that formed the whole boat. Each panel was stitched in its place and all panels were glued together, with epoxy glue ( a mixture of epoxy and wood...

The glass on the bottom overlapped so that most of the bottom is double layers of glass, except about a foot in the center of the bottom where it just met. So we added a patch in the area of the seat. It was a good place to practice on using masking tape to leave a neat edge of the over lapped...

Time to glass the outside. Gravity is your friend ( or enemy) when it comes to working with epoxy. Sometimes it takes extra steps but I prefer to move the boat around to try not to glass completely vertical or upside down pieces. We clamped the forms in the best we could. John came up with the...

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We used scraps of tape to mark places that need more filling. It’s easy to miss some when you are filling small holes. We also tried something new for me, for these holes that need just a little fill we used water putty. The same stuff I mix in the bottom graphite to make it harder. The putty...

Thanks John, we are both having a real good time!

J D I am always curious, Still on a search for a lighter weight boat that younger kids can make. Is this the 5mm plywood with exterior glue? do you think it would be strong enough built uncle johns style, ie with gusseted ribs and plywood butt joints with scabs over the joints. trying to cut...

Thanks for the suggestion, I bought one from a wood shop supply place. used it for a while and decided I needed more practice at sharpening it. Kind'a let it go. I need to give it another chance. It worked good from the store I need to try making the burr and edge again.

Time to fill the fillets on the inside seams. I like to use masking tape about quarter inch from the seam This makes a more even filletl and less cleanup. John John likes to use the syringe I believe it is more controllable than the pastry bag. It takes a little effort to clean the...

This is the edge to edge that I prefer for the panels to meet, this leaves a gap for the epoxy. Some places it’s hard to do and doesn’t always come out that way. The big zip ties the colored ones take a 1/8 inch hole.I ran out of the small ties I prefer. I ordered some small 6 inch long ties...

We’ve had 2 or 3 work sessions since I last posted.. The short and high sides are stitched in place. In this picture John is finishing stitching the right high (tumble home?) side The stitches are tightened a little bit at a time symmetrical around the boat. The diagonals on the first and last...

My guess is that you are right and would not be a secondary problem in a pirogue with "normal height sides." The 48 degrees flare would make it harder to get it to that point?

I see, same technique you passed on to me about this time last year. It worked great... just had to sneak up on it a few times!

Don't think so, but it would be hard for me to get it to that point. Maybe this summer I can get a kid to try it. Matt often has said the widest point near the water line is most stable.