I hate to beat a dead horse but I just tuned into this conversation because a friend and I are talking about trying to build a take apart. I tried to look up the SK back issue but they are sold out and the website doesn't go back that far...
Would you have to build the whole thing first and then cut it up? What did you use to hold the sections together? I was thinking about some sort of bolts through the bulkheads on the inside.. Do you use a sealant strip of some sort between the sections?

I have a Coho that I built about 3 years ago, that I was thinking about making into a take apart but I don't know if I could bring myself to saw it up... My friend that is thinking about building one doesn't have a very big apartment so he thought if he could build in sections it would make things easier...

I'm also in the middle of building a One Ocean Cape Ann Double out of reclaimed redwood. Loads of fun, but I wouldn't dream of sawing it into pieces.

Any ideas?

John

: hello there,

: I did it to my Coho.

: it works wonderful.

: I don't think you need it for the floatation because you can install
: simple thin light bulkheads & get the floatation.

: the main disadvantage of the sectioned kayak is the weight.
: I cut my boat to 3 pieces - that means 2 joints - & it's a lot of weight.

: I used regular sandwich plywood - 12mm thick, that I found in a carpentry
: dumpster. 2 bulkheads for each joint.

: it's alot of work, & make sure you have A REALLY GOOD respirator when
: you sand the fg strips inside the hull.

: besides that I pretty much followed the directions on sk.
: the name of the article is "going take-a-part", you can search
: their site.

: hope it helps,

: Erez