Bulk heads and hatches

The shape of the bulk heads was taken directly from the built hull, using a plumb line and ruler. They are not a bad fit!

Epoxy rubbed down and prepared for paint

The finish is so smooth - can't wait to get some paint on the hull!

Carved Oak Yoke

This fine bit of wood work was done by Julian, using a combination of his band saw and router. The oak came from an old floor board.

Fibre glass everywhere

Glassing it up!

Moved the canoe outside into the sun...it was still sub zero ib the garage!

Turned over for the first time

Time to start sorting out the outside of the hull. All the joins were planed to a neat edge and then filled with thickened epoxy. All is looking good!

Seams taped and tidy!

A couple of hours work was needed to tape over the fillets and apply epoxy. Inside of boat now looks much tidier than before.

Wires removed and fillets in the joins

Removing the wires was a long drawn out task. On a future build a little more care with the epoxy stitch is called for!

With the wires out a mix of epoxy resin and filleting blend has been applied over the joints. Half of the boat shows the fillets sanded back. I am intending to tape on top of the smoothed fillet.