Kayak no 28

I finally had time to give the kayak a first layer of coating.
My thoughts after the first layer:

It takes about 45 min / layer.
Mix CAREFULLY!
One jar / layer.
Don´t need to be diluted.
an extra jar to mix in is good.

Kayak no 27

The kayak ready for the first coat whit Zar Polyurethane

Kayak no 26

I think the seam on the foredeck was very successful. It looks like I used to thin gunwales because they are not in a smooth curve.

Nobody has told me about how difficult, time consuming and torment of the hands it is to sew the skin on the kayak.














After having sewn the skin it´s time to attach the coaming. I began to tighten with a strap but I had no force to it. Then I continued with a powerstrap from the car, it worked very well. I also took the chance to try with two boards and clamp, it also works fine, but it was difficult to get room to sew.





The best seem.











Rear of the cockpit.











Front of he cockpit.












My wery first greenlandic kayak ready for the first coat.

Kayak no 25

To skin a kayak is not a game.
I read somewhere that you should tighten the canvas to the ache in your hands, I took the word for it.
Either I have weak hands or it is the sinew. I sit with four plasters and whimpers, I may take a few days pause to get my hands healed. The aft deck of the kayak is sewn together and cut so it is only a tab at 2.5 cm left.





This tool is lent to me by my father, super easy to cut the skin with.

Kayak no 24

Skinning the kayak continues. I got help with the stretching of the skin of my colleague Johan. We stretched the skin 15 cm without any problems. In retrospect, I would have opted for 20-25 cm, but 15 cm may be good enough. "






Picture of the stern.
Stitches are between 10 mm to 2.5 cm. It is difficult to know how long stitches that is best.








Picture of the seam on the aft deck.

Kayak no 23

Finaly time to start sewing the skin on the kayak.
6 m nyloncloth from FOV Fabrics, a needle and many meters senew. I begin by running stitches along the stem and also around the tip so it forms a small pocket.

Tomorrow is time to do the stern.

Kayak no 22

Has had time to do some shopping, 3 bottles ZAR varnish from Blåhuset in Sollentuna (473 grams / pc odd amount) and 200 grams of artist oil paint titanium white from Hummelgårds färg in Arlandastad.

Coaming no 5

Cockpit ring tested on the kayak!
I stained the bright cockpit ring with Herdins varnish stains, believe that the darker tone will do well against a white canvas on the kayak. I will drill 170 holes in two rows, the top row of the edge and the bottom for sewing it to the canvas.
Since I don´t own a drilling machine, I contacted the nearest school where the nice janitor Stefan promised to let me in to the crafts room when I needed it, fantastic!

Coaming no 4

The cockpit coaming did´t brake! (almost).

A small crack was there, nothing serious and it is partially concealed under the coaming flange. I glued on two thin flange of 5 mm to get the total thickness of 10 mm. I will sand the entire cockpit and after that "sew it in place". Finally, the cockpit will be treated but this I will come back to later.