I finally got an opportunity to get my kayak project on the water
at Crescent Beach, White Rock, BC

It is a ply frame SOF version of the Ken Taylor Igdlorssuit kayak, built with 1/2" ply frames, SPF stringers, and 8 oz nylon from G. Dyson. The skin was sewn with dental floss,and sealed with yellow artist oil-tinted urethane. I used red oak for the laminated coaming, and the deckline sliders. Decklines are 3/16".
16' 6" x 21 1/2". Completed weight is 23 pounds! It needs a closed cell foam bulkhead footbrace, and backrest.

The paddle is a carefully selected SPF 2 x 3 from RONA with a little bit added to the edges to bring the width up to 3 1/4". It is 88" long, weighs 30 oz.

To continue the theme of frugality, I bought a metre of lightweight nylon -$3.84 at W-Mart -and sewed up a sprayskirt, using the instructions from Shawn Baker's web pages. It fit well, nice and tight, and kept the water out.
As today was my first time in a sea kayak, I did not push it, so the gunwhales never got below water
It was much more stable than I had originally feared, and seemed to go where I wanted it to. My only paddling experience was almost ten years ago in a Recovery kayak I built, and a 10/11 ft river kayak.

I could not be happier with it. Thanks to Bryan H for his work with the Freeship file and answers to questions, and thanks to all who have offered hints and encouragement. Thank you to Ken Taylor, Duncan Winning, and the builder of the original. To Tom Yost for the great building pages and advice. A big thanks to Daren N for all his help with the station drawings, advice, and ripping the 1/16" oak laminations for my coaming!!

What appear to be bumps protruding at the 2nd and 4th stations are the pool noodle pieces I jammed in sideways to serve as temp. footrest and backrest...