Fish aholic wrote:That's looking fantastic cheater, when do you think it will be finished?
not sure but I wont to be paddling it before xmas -- I will be sanding the outside of the hull though the week and hope to start glassing on the week end
daylight saving in a week should give me a bit more time after work to bore into it
My kayak PBs
Gummy shark 128 Cm -- Elephant fish 85 Cm -- Snapper 91 Cm -- KG Whiting 49 Cm -- Flathead 55 Cm -- Garfish 47 Cm --Long tail Tuna 86 cm -- Silver Trevally 40 Cm -- Cobia 117 Cm -- snook 53 Cm -- Couta 71 Cm -- Squid 44 hood length
Somebody just back of you while you are fishing is as bad as someone looking over your shoulder while you write a letter to your girl. ~Ernest Hemingway
I got the outside of the hull sanded up through the week and applied some wood stain to get away from the white plain paulowina and used an alcohol based stain in cedar colour
and today it was Fibreglass time so this morning I got a layer of glass on and one fill coat later in the day
the epoxy has high lighted the colour - tomorrow afternoon I hope to sand up the inside ready to glass it on Monday ( I have an early day off work on monday )
My kayak PBs
Gummy shark 128 Cm -- Elephant fish 85 Cm -- Snapper 91 Cm -- KG Whiting 49 Cm -- Flathead 55 Cm -- Garfish 47 Cm --Long tail Tuna 86 cm -- Silver Trevally 40 Cm -- Cobia 117 Cm -- snook 53 Cm -- Couta 71 Cm -- Squid 44 hood length
Looking very nice cheater...Interesting that you have used fibreglass mat. I would have thought dynel cloth would have been a much lighter option with similar impact resistance and torsional strength.
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Yak PB's: Snook 68cm, Black Bream 38cm, KGW 50cm, Couta 72cm, snapper 45cm Australian Salmon 64cm Redfin 37cm EP 39cm Blue throat wrasse 46cm Dusky Flathead 56cm
spider25160 wrote:Looking very nice cheater...Interesting that you have used fibreglass mat. I would have thought dynel cloth would have been a much lighter option with similar impact resistance and torsional strength.
not sure on that I think glass is stiffer and dynel better wear resistance - hopefully it doesn't need impact resistance I don't intend to run into things
My kayak PBs
Gummy shark 128 Cm -- Elephant fish 85 Cm -- Snapper 91 Cm -- KG Whiting 49 Cm -- Flathead 55 Cm -- Garfish 47 Cm --Long tail Tuna 86 cm -- Silver Trevally 40 Cm -- Cobia 117 Cm -- snook 53 Cm -- Couta 71 Cm -- Squid 44 hood length