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I've built the 3/4" x 3/8" frame out of western red cedar. I beveled the chine and keel striners so the plywood would lay flat on them. I've put the hull together and glassed it. The hull took two sheets of 1/8" luan. I glued the plywood to the frames with unthickened epoxy then filled the seams with out flour thickened epoxy. I just stapled the plywood in place to hold it while the glue dried, no stitching. I also didn't need to filet the inside because the panels are glued to the frame there. I've coated the entire outside with one layer of 3.25 oz. satin glass. I put a second layaer on the bottom from chine to chine, overlapping at the cockpit so there are 3 layers at the cockpit. I put a strip of 2" 6 oz. glass tape on the keel from bow to stern.
Future: I will be adding one layer of the 3.25 oz. glass to the inside of the panels between the wood frame. The deck will be made of one sheet of 1/8" luan, coated inside and out with one layer of 3.25 oz. glass with multiple layers at the cockpit. I'm currently debating on using the scrap luan to make a vertical coaming out of layers, or buying more wood to make a stacked coaming with.
Materials list: 1 gallon of epoxy $40 total 9 yards of 60" wide 3.25 oz glass $30 total 3 sheets 4x8 1/8" luan $30 total 1 cedar plank $8
So far I'm in a little over $100 and I think it should weigh in around 30 lbs. I'm starting to bond with it and dan't know that I be able to give it to my brother at Christmas. My wife thinks it my be a better kayak than my Arctic Tern.
Mike
P.S. If this doesnt make too much sense it is because it is almost 4am and I've had less than 2 hours of sleep before I went back into work. time to go home now and sleep before I start cooking the turkey.
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