I really don't think that building a stripper kayak would be significantly more difficult than a canoe. I will have to check my book on kayak building (that I haven't looked at for years) to see how they do it, but if I had to invent a method of making the deck meet the hull perfectly, I might try assembling the whole thing as a single piece, and then cutting the deck free after completing the outside finish work. Then again, I don't know exactly what I would do if the hull or deck or both distorted somewhat following separation. Might need a complete set of exterior forms. This needs some thought.
The fiberglass whitewater kayak I built was constructed in two separate molds which were then bolted together; the seam was bridged inside the mold with glass tape and resin. (Trying to work inside the mold through the cockpit was trying, literally.) The same approach might work for a stripper, but would require making exterior forms (see preceeding thought). This is starting to get complicated - must research more.
Anyway, goodonya for your beautiful boat, and I hope you get in some more wet time before winter. Looks like a mild week here in Ohio, so you should have decent weather.
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Date: 2010-11-08 03:06 am (UTC)The fiberglass whitewater kayak I built was constructed in two separate molds which were then bolted together; the seam was bridged inside the mold with glass tape and resin. (Trying to work inside the mold through the cockpit was trying, literally.) The same approach might work for a stripper, but would require making exterior forms (see preceeding thought). This is starting to get complicated - must research more.
Anyway, goodonya for your beautiful boat, and I hope you get in some more wet time before winter. Looks like a mild week here in Ohio, so you should have decent weather.