If a picture is worth a thousand words, your videos are worth millions of words! The detailed instructions and insights you share would never be as effective in a book. I read both of your books 4 or 5 times before building my Guillemot Double and still had many issues that would have been avoided if I had this video series available. I'm planning a canoe build next, after I finish the final bathroom renovation on my house. Man, I wish home renovation was a fun as building kayaks. Your microBootlegger Sport is beautiful, it's on my list for after the canoe. Thank you so much for putting the effort to share this series.
In building my cedar strip canoe I struggled mightily with the tendency of my epoxy to float the glass. Thank you for explaining the why. I was doing so much correctly but my shop temperature was way too cool. The epoxy would not easily penetrate the cloth. By adding more it "seemed" to solve the problem, but ultimately more became too much and the fabric floated as it cured on the inside of the boat. Also, the seam smoothness and edges I left did exactly what you showed in this presentation. My next canoe or kayak will be much easier to build and end up even more beautiful. My first one is lovely, but oh the sanding. Thank you.
For the sake of time and expediency I am considering stitch and glue as a first kayak could you comment on how much time and material saving one could anticipate going that route? Thanks in advance for your response.
I usually figure a S&G kayak to be approximately half the construction time as a strip-built. Material cost is comparable, good plywood is expensive, the fiberglass and epoxy cost is pretty much the same.
If a picture is worth a thousand words, your videos are worth millions of words! The detailed instructions and insights you share would never be as effective in a book. I read both of your books 4 or 5 times before building my Guillemot Double and still had many issues that would have been avoided if I had this video series available. I'm planning a canoe build next, after I finish the final bathroom renovation on my house. Man, I wish home renovation was a fun as building kayaks. Your microBootlegger Sport is beautiful, it's on my list for after the canoe.
Thank you so much for putting the effort to share this series.
Slomo brooming, oh my, you really got me there ;D But you got a point, keep everything nice and clean, and it's easier to keep a hold on everything.
In building my cedar strip canoe I struggled mightily with the tendency of my epoxy to float the glass. Thank you for explaining the why. I was doing so much correctly but my shop temperature was way too cool. The epoxy would not easily penetrate the cloth. By adding more it "seemed" to solve the problem, but ultimately more became too much and the fabric floated as it cured on the inside of the boat. Also, the seam smoothness and edges I left did exactly what you showed in this presentation. My next canoe or kayak will be much easier to build and end up even more beautiful. My first one is lovely, but oh the sanding. Thank you.
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It's looking really nice Nick, good vid.
@ 9:15 brushing away the last few grams to make competition weight...
For the sake of time and expediency I am considering stitch and glue as a first kayak could you comment on how much time and material saving one could anticipate going that route? Thanks in advance for your response.
I usually figure a S&G kayak to be approximately half the construction time as a strip-built. Material cost is comparable, good plywood is expensive, the fiberglass and epoxy cost is pretty much the same.
With all the scraping, would you say the wood ends up about 1/8" thickness or is it misleading because of the exaggerated volume of the shavings?
In some areas with a tight radius, the thickness may be reduced to 1/8", but thats OK. There will be enough reinforcement to keep it strong.
Nick Schade I wasn't concerned about the strength because I'm aware of how strong even styrofoam sheet gets with a layer of glass on each side.
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