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So, it's been a while. Hope all of you that are still alive are well. Got a new car last year. Too bloody high to put a kayak on, mebbe I'm too short... Bought a trailer. Then i started to think. (That in itself has been know to cause problems.) Thought hmm a teardrop , or tiny camper. Currently...

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If you're gonna have SIT in kayak might as well have somewhere nice to sit. Very good quality sheepskin seat cover. Fastened with good old cable ties :lol: Fastened to: one of them stackable chair seats such as Ron uses. The back of the seat was cut down, in height, by about three or four...

Been thinking for a while now about how to obtain a rudder. I don't need one, I just want one because other people have one and it will help later on with a plan for a sail I have brewing. Could have bought a rudder kit but then I s'pose I could have bought a boat too. That just isn't me. It all...

:oops: Ok I could have phrased it better. Ron I understand you use what we call "underseal" that is the stuff put under cars etc to prevent rust, on the underside of your boats as a sacrificial layer. Will you use it on the current build? Do you apply it with a brush? What kind of thickness do...

Mr Chuck,Just been reading 'bout your build of the Sasquatch. I looked it up 'cos I specifically wanted to learn about tight fitted panels and an apparent lack of thickened ( with woodflour) epoxy. And that's all fine and well but there are no pictures :shock: We can blame Mick for taking...

My build log on Jem's site had a bloke "Ismellsmoke" who posted from Texas Qld also. http://www.jemwatercraft.com/forum/view ... 1&start=20 He was deciding whether or not to build a Laker or Freedom. Don't know if or not he got around to a build but Texas Qld is not that big a place. You might...

Took a bit of a liberty with Matt's great Laker design. I did check in with him and he was ok about modifying and posting the results. The corner at the cockpit was forever getting banged about with paddle shaft and tie down for roof rack. Used tape inside and out so am confident its at...

Ok now I have your attention :lol: Every now and then I'll do a bad stroke, might be a wave's fault or just lack of attention on my part. Thing is if the paddleshaft rubs against the edge of the boat at the junction of the side and deck it leaves scuff marks. Have also left marks on this corner...

Opinions please fellas. A set of pictures will be found at: http://www.boatplans.dk/pictures.asp?id=1&page=2 You will find a set of photos. Please open the first two and the fourth picture. Any and all comments appreciated. Regards John.

Here's a question that's probly been asked before in many forms. I'd like a bit of input from some of you more experienced (Ok thats all of you) :oops: Let's say a plan calls for six mm, or 1/4" ply with taped seams and epoxy. Would there be an equivalent in strength say with using 4mm ply and...

Thoughts turned to building me a paddle. My plastic/aluminium (yes that's how it's really spelled :P ) looks too 'bought'. My thoughts are generally dangerous if allowed to come to fruition unchecked. Anyone had any thoughts/misgivings about using bamboo as a shaft. Seems to me it's light strong...

Is it just me or has anyone else ever been known to be allergic to epoxy? Started out with sore eyelids, red and puffy. Later realised I might have got a bit on me glasses frames. Then the arms, forearms to be precise, big red welts and an itchy rash... Ok an extremely itchy rash, specially at...

How come I've never seen much mention of Methylated spirits, which I believe is the same stuff that Mericans call Denatured alcohol? Is it just a given that everyone knows that it's good for clean up, and smoothing off partially hardened epoxy... I ask this in the hope that because I'm using it...

And Took me longer to learn how to make pics than build this.

Just a thought, given that OldSparkey sez in another part of the forum, begs the question: would it be worthwhile saturating panels etc prior to stitching them together or otherwise working them?? Would the wood (sorry) be stiffer or more pliable and able to be "manouvered" a little more? My...

Just the first of what will be a few "left field" questions from me. I've had very little experience of fibreglass/epoxy use, and that little bit was almost forty years ago. This began as a simple question but grew into a four parter. :? A, Does epoxy adhere to pvc? If not can it be made to...