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• Building Kayaks for the Grandkids #6: Painting The Kayaks - 08-19-2017 06:22 PM | 0 comments

  It’s time to finish the Kayaks, My grandson requested navy blue with a deep green cockpit, ...

• Building Kayaks for the Grandkids #5: Making the Mast, Rudder and Leeboard - 08-18-2017 06:03 PM | 1 comment

  While some of the epoxy was curing I got stated making the mast, the mast partner, the Rudder, an...

• Building Kayaks for the Grandkids #4: Making Outriggers and Crossarms - 07-31-2017 08:38 PM | 0 comments

  At this point I needed to get the outriggers made so that they would be ready for paint at the sa...

• Building Kayaks for the Grandkids #3: Kayak Build: Painting the bottoms - 07-29-2017 11:58 PM | 3 comments

  After the epoxy fill coats have cured for a day or two the boats had to be sanded smooth. ...

• Building Kayaks for the Grandkids #2: Installing The plywood and Fiberglass - 07-28-2017 09:06 PM | 2 comments

  Next step is to install plywood to the faired frame. I am using 6 mm Okoume Marine Plywood for th...

• Building Kayaks for the Grandkids #1: Kayak Build: Getting Started - 07-23-2017 11:58 AM | 3 comments

  This winter I started a new project for my Grand Children. I started building a Kayak for each of...

• 19 foot Offshore Power Dory Build #16: Crack in Fiberglass on Transom - 04-30-2017 09:07 PM | 2 comments

  Over the summer last year I noticed a crack developing beside my outboard on the transom. ...

• 19 foot Offshore Power Dory Build #15: Perfomance Update. - 09-18-2015 09:33 PM | 7 comments

  I wanted to update my blog to let folks know that I had performance issues with my flat botto...

• 19 foot Offshore Power Dory Build #14: Finished trim and fit and launched. - 07-29-2015 12:02 AM | 23 comments

  I have finished the boat!! It was launched this week. The boat did well on it’s sea trails,...

• 19 foot Offshore Power Dory Build #13: Finished Painting and trimming out Boat - 07-04-2015 10:25 PM | 8 comments

  I have 718 hours in this build and the boat weighs 1703 lbs. Over the past Month I have finish...

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