Tomato shelf for Kitchen

I haven't put a finish on it, but made out of pure mahogany .

Launched

She is a blast to paddle. More comfortable and less tippy then I expected. Still need to rig up a back rest.

Almost forgot

And she weighs 31.5 pounds.

Done!!!

No time to test her yet, but it is finally "done" (well, there is still things I need to do, like make a back strap but I don't need it to launch.

Started skinning

So, this weekend I finished making the coaming. (Not my best work...) And I have started skinning. It is going pretty good. Next step is to cover the deck. I will hopefully have enough material...

Sitting in Grass

Top side done

So, the top side is done. I finish sanding the bow down and a couple of coats of epoxy on the bottom side of the plywood then it is time to skin the bottom!!! I disconnected it from the strong back this morning and weighed it. The frame weighs just under 22 pounds. (without seat slates)

All pieces epoxied in

So, everything is expoxied together. Here is a couple of pictures. As this is my first boat, it is going to end up Heavy and lots of epoxy drips all over. Next boat will be better. Next step is add a second coat of epoxy to the outside edge of the coaming and to sand down the extended knee brace. After that, next step is to take it off of the strong back and seal the bottom of the plywood frames. After that is done, I just need to skin the boat :)

Coaming base cut out

Keeping busy on kayak, but it looks the same. I have epoxied the bow, stern keel and deck beams in. I finally cut the base for the coaming and hope to epoxy it in tommorrow. Finish sealing the top of the plywood and make the seat.

Progress

So, chines and gunwhales are epoxied in place. Next step is to epoxy the keel and deck beams and to cut out the base for the coaming.

Frame ready for glueing stringers

Bow Piece cut out

Bow Pattern

I would like to cut it out of plywood tommorrow, but I might need to wait for my scroll saw blade order to arrive with the spiral blades. It is actually starting to look like a kayak now.

Chines installed. Time to do Bow and Stern.

Gunwhales test fitted

Next step is to screw them in.

So, a little more progress on Strong back. Hopefully tonight I will fix station 1, so then I can install station 1 and 7 tommorrow. Also, tommorrow I hope to attempt to add additional epoxy to the scarfed stringers. Hopefully they are strong enough as is. I might add a couple of screws to make them stronger.

Stations

Pictures of the cut out forms

Strongback and Stringers

Picture of my completed strongback and a picture of the stringers being glued together.

Need more pictures

So, I need to start recording my Build Process. I am building a wood Skin on Frame (SOF) kayak. The design I have chosen is Sea Ranger by Thomas Yost (www.yostwerks.com).