Frame 1
Frame 2
Frame 3
Frame 4
Frame 5
Frame 6
Frame 7 - Some correction required.
Frame 8 - Different roof battens bend differently, but are cheap.
Frame 9
Frame 10
Frame 11
Frame 12
Frame 13
Frame 14 - Correction applied ...
Frame 15 - ... before screwing the "gunwales" to the cross sections.
Sponson sleeve No. 1 - Fixing taped seams before gluing.
Sponson sleeve No. 2 - So far, so good, but the seams didn't hold. So instead of using my old hair-dryer ...
Sponson sleeve No. 3 - ... I bought a cheap heat gun which obviously was too hot :-(
Sponson sleeve No. 4 - New heat gun with temperature control (recommended).
Sponson sleeve No. 5 - Practice makes perfect.
Coaming 1 : Bending needs some practice, too ...
Coaming 2 - ... and I'm glad with the result.
Coaming 3 - I bought a Neoprene skirt in the meantime ...
Coaming 4 - ... which is absolutely tight (not this one).
Coaming 5
Coaming 6
Coaming 7
Coaming 8
Coaming 9
Coaming 10
Coaming 11
Coaming 12
Coaming 13
Coaming 14
Coaming 15
Coaming 16 - OK for my spray skirt and tuiliq ...
Coaming 17 - ... but too low for an additional sea sock.
Coaming 18 - So I don't have to make a sea sock ... for this kayak ;-)
Pocket 1
Pocket 2
Pocket 3
Pocket 4
Pocket 5
Pocket 6
Pocket 7
Pocket 8
Pocket 9
Pocket 10
Pocket 11
Pocket 12
Pocket 13 - I wanted to trust the pockets ...
Pocket 14 - ... even when stepping hard onto the foot brace ...
Pocket 15 - ... so I sewed the pockets to the sponson sleeves.
Pocket 16 - Due to the doubled PVC they are quite stiff ...
Pocket 17 - ... and assembly works well without sleeve straps.
D-rings 1
D-rings 2
D-rings 3
D-rings 4
D-rings 5
D-rings 6
D-rings 7
D-rings 8
D-rings 9
D-rings 10
D-rings 11
D-rings 12
D-rings 13
D-rings 14
D-rings 15
Hull 1 - Sides of the 3-piece hull based on a Freeship model.
Hull 2 - Fixing the sides of the hull to the wood frame.
Hull 3
Hull 4
Hull 5
Hull 6
Hull 7
Hull 8
Hull 9
Hull 10
Hull 11
Hull 12
Hull 13
Hull 14
Hull 15 - Bottom of the 3-piece hull.
Hull 16
Hull 17
Hull 18
Hull 19
Hull 20 - 3-piece hull glued together.
Hull 21 - Some wrinkles appeared after I glued seat reinforcement straps to the hull.
Bow 1 - I extended the sponson sleeves ...
Bow 2 - ... after I decided to use 15' upper sponsons ...
Bow 3 - ... and doubled the skin at the stems.
Bow 4
Bow 5
Bow 6
Bow 7
Bow 8
Stern 1
Stern 2
Stern 3
Stern 4
Stern 5
Stern 6
Stern 7
Stern 8
Stern 9
Deck 1 - Taping the hull in this manner allows for continuous deck seams.
Deck 2 - Pulling out the tape after gluing the deck to the hull was no problem.
Snap connector 1
Snap connector 2
Snap connector 3
Snap connector 4
Snap connector 5
