Completed 6/17/06 ~ 267 hours to build The "King" designed by Redfish Kayaks. Cedar strip (no staple build) which currently measures 18' x 21" weighs 41#
		01 Forms, risers, glass, foot braces and all necessary hardware, etc 02 Box (6" x 6" x 20') with 80, 19' cedar strips. 03 These 80 cedar strips 3/16" x 5/8" are in essence the kayak 04 Strongback with risers attached 05 Forms aligned on the strongback 06 Internal & external bow stems epoxied & being formed 07 Internal & external stern stems epoxied & being formed 08 Internal bow stem attached to forms & shaped 09 Internal stern stem attached to forms & shaped 10 Aligning shear strips for fair and final form adjustments 11 Shear strips attached with brads & hotglue 12 Strips glued to stern internal stem 13 Strips glued to bow internal stems 14 1st strip laid on shear strip ~ starboard side 15 There are now 17 full lenght strips attached 16 Strips are glued, taped between forms, clamped at forms 17 Football Area 18 Football Area 1/2 filled. Strips overlap the centerline 19 Keel Line Cut after the starboard side is filled 20 Keel Cut is Straight as an Arrow 21 Port side filled so the hull is stripped 22 Bow External Stem Attached 23 Stern External Stem Attached 24 Bow Stem Shaped to Hull 25 Stern Stem Shaped to Hull 26 Hull ~ final sanding 27 Stern stem ~ final sanding 28 Bow stem ~ final sanding 29 Seal coat of epoxy ~ hull 30 Seal coat ~ stern stem 31 Seal coat ~ bow stem 32 6 oz glass laid on hull 34 First coat MAS epoxy applied to the glass 35 Final coat of epoxy applied 36 Hull removed from the strongback 37 Set up in foam cradles ready for the deck 38 Stern view 39 Bow view 40 Very little to no glue residue on the inside of the hull 41 Cockpit recess area laid out and bow & stern center strips attached 42 Second center strip added working towards the shear strip 43 Clamps, clamps & tape hold the 5 center strips while the glue dries 44 Tape between the hull & deck, a tapered accent strip on the shear strip 45 Deck is coming into it's own. More brackets, clamps, tape & hot glue h... 46 Bow accents being worked in 47 Main tools used: plane, small round/flat file, exacto knife, exacxto saw 48 Stern view ~ deck completed ~ cockpit recess is cut out 49 Bow view 50 Wet accent strips are formed on the cockpit recess 51 Filling the cockpit recess from fore & aft 52 Cockpit recess about 1/2 finished 53 Cockpit recess is stripped 54 Seal coat of epoxy applied to the deck 55 6oz glass laid on the deck 56 First coat of epoxy applied to the deck 57 Second coat 58 Deck & hull separated, forms removed and sanded 59 Glass laid on underside of the deck 60 Underside of the deck 1st coat of epoxy 61 Glass laid on the inside of the hull 62 Inside of the hull 1st coat of epoxy 63 Deck is taped to hull & cutting cockpit opening 64 Cockpit opening cut to fit pre-formed coaming wall 65 Coaming wall (Honduran mahogany) fit in opening 66 Coaming lip epoxied and being formed to wall 67 Close up of the 12 laminations 68 Coaming lip is formed 69 Another view 70 Coaming lip removed 71 Coaming lip planed and sanded down 72 Coaming lip epoxied to wall 3/4" up from the deck 73 Coaming trimmed & shaped and dry fit 74 Another view 75 Hatch templates positioned on the deck 76 Hatch outlines are marked on the tape 77 Cutting rear hatch, duct tape keeps it from falling in 78 The rear hatch is cut 79 Tape is removed 80 Hatches & coaming openings 81 Glassing braces & bungie connections inside the hatches 82 Epoxied and trimmed 83 Footbrace bolts epoxied to hull 84 Footbrace bolts glassed to hull 85 Redfish custom seat dry fit in hull 86 Rear view 87 Coaming & thigh braces being glassed to the hull 88 After epoxying 89 Underside of the hatch supporting lip 90 Hatch supporting lip 3/8" 91 Hatch gasket lip being built in over supporting lip 92 Clamps removed, underside of hatch gasket lip 93 Topside view before being trimmed 94 Trimmed and fillet added to firm and remove sharp edges 95 View from topside of hatch lip and gasket lip 96 Clamps hold 2" wide shear tape in position 97 Tape hot glued to hull with just a dot every 6" 98 Deck aligned and taped tight to the hull 99 Shear tape epoxied on the inside of the hull 100 Tape above and below seam with wet glass over the tape 101 Closeup view 102 Glass being cut as tape is lifted 103 A light sanding and a fill coat and the edge disappears 104 Set on end to pour aroound front bulkhead 105 Thickened epoxy fills in gap between bulhkead and hull 106 First sanding with 80 grit followen by 100 then 120. 107 Stern view 108 After the 1st coat of Interlux ~ Schooner 109 After 2 coats of varnish 110 Stern view ~ ready for 400 grit wet sanding 111 Completed 112 What a great experience!