: I've been working on recessed deck fittings for the Iggy, and planned on
: building them out of wood. I ordered in router template guides, made
: templates, built the wooded pieces, and the velcro on my sander gave out,
: so I couldn't sand the bottom of the fittings to make them round. Nowhere
: in town had a replacement and it looked like two weeks of waiting, but I
: noticed some foam in the shop that is used for arranging flowers.

: I cut a piece of foam, pushed it through the holes in the deck and it went
: through forming the shape of the hole. I used my fingers to round the
: corners, and I had a perfect deck fitting mold. I coated the the foam with
: PVA, then mixed some thickened epoxy up with microballons and silica and
: coated the mold with a thin layer.

: After this I laid up 6 layers of 5 ounce tight weave glass over the mold on
: the inside of the hull. After it was dry, I popped out the foam mold, used
: acetone to clean out any extra foam. Sanded, put a thin layer of thickened
: epoxy into the recess, and laid in one layer of 6 ounce carbon fiber.

: After the carbon fiber dried, I sanded it flush with the outside of the deck,
: and the result is a strong, nice looking recess.

: I'm using Valley fittings inside the recesses to hold the ropes, but other
: items could also work.

: Picture of the kayak as it currently is and a close-up of the deck fitting
: recess below. Have to finish the skeg today, then next week join the hull
: and deck.

Looks really nice Bryan.

With the rounded deck and recessed rubber hatches looks like a mix of Brit boat and Greenlander

Bill H.